Pietro Parolin could be the first Italian to serve in the papacy since 1978. The 70-year-old is known as a diplomat and a ...

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

Pietro Parolin, a cardinal and longtime Vatican diplomat, is among the top contenders to succeed Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88. The last Italian pope was John Paul I ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the leader of the 2025 papal conclave, which will elect the next pope after the passing of Pope ...

One such recent occasion was when the late Pope suggested last year that Israel's military campaign in Gaza might amount to ...

If the Catholic cardinals entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are looking for a steady administrator ...

Pietro Parolin is widely considered to be a frontrunner for the next papacy. The 70-year-old Italian has been the Vatican's secretary of state, a role referred to as the "deputy pope", since 2013 ...

By Jason Horowitz and Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome In the days surrounding Pope Francis’ death, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was everywhere. The No. 2 figure in the Vatican, he visited Francis ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The ‘Clark Kent character’ tipped to be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has emerged on nearly every ...