Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State for the last 12 years and its top diplomat, has emerged on nearly every shortlist as an obvious papal contender. Parolin - a 70-year-old ...

Parolin is considered the walking, talking embodiment of the Vatican establishment. As leader of the Secretariat of State, he was the de facto No. 2 under Pope Francis .

ANALYSIS: A Chinese delegation is expected to visit the Vatican this month for talks on the future of the bilateral agreement ...

Marking Britain and Ireland’s “Day for Life”, Pope Leo XIV called on everyone in society to “defend rather than undermine a ...

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with ...

Cardinal Parolin: Pope Leo wants peace between Russia and Ukraine, not a role in negotiations. ... one accepted and agreed upon by both sides,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Vatican News May 27.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state of the Holy See, meets with the Pope Leo XIV on June 5, 2025, at the Vatican. ... Pope Leo XIV cited Praedicate Evangelium, ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed his "heartfelt condolences" Thursday to those who have lost loved ones in an air crash in India and prayers for those recovering the bodies of victims.

Cardinal Parolin said Pope Leo was not offering himself or a Vatican official as a mediator, something neither side requested, but simply offered the Vatican as "a neutral, protected venue." The new ...

Pope Leo voiced solidarity with Christians in the Middle East following the suicide bombing of a Greek Orthodox Church on ...

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