Pope Leo is not a stop-gap solution, not a compromise candidate after others failed to achieve a two-thirds majority after ...

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 ...

Efforts to serve, defend and build up the Catholic community in the Amazon region must be centered on the proclamation of the Gospel, Pope Leo XIV said. When the Catholic Church ...

In Burundi, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary coincided with the elevation of the Parish of Saint ...

By Kristina Millare Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday invited participants attending the 17th International Congress of Moral Theology in Colombia to reflect on the world’s challenges a ...

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.

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff.

(RNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin is in South Sudan, which has been ravaged by a bloody civil war, bringing the pope’s message for peace. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ No. 2 official at ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin: A Diplomat Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivers his blessing to the faithful after leading a prayer for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Feb. 24, 2025.

Cardinal Parolin was celebrating a Mass marking 1,300 years since the death of St. Odile, patron saint of Alsace, a region in northeastern France bordering Germany and Switzerland.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, on Oct. 9, 2023, during the synod (photo: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register) Peter Pinedo/CNA World September 24, 2024 ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s comments were made on Friday (Nov. 15) at a conference on Catholicism and China at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he presented an optimistic outlook about ...