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 ...

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 , who died ...

In the days surrounding Pope Francis’ death, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was everywhere. The No. 2 figure in the Vatican, he visited Francis in the hospital, and then helped seal the papal ...

“We wish him much wisdom,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said about Donald J. Trump, the day after he was elected as the 47th president of the United States of ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is considered the walking, talking embodiment of the Vatican establishment. He is seen as a front-runner to be the next pope.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is second only to Pope Francis in the hierarchy of the Vatican. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Pope Francis has appointed Italian Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 58, as Vatican secretary of state. On Oct. 15 Archbishop Parolin will succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, 78.

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.

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Pietro Parolin to succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone as the Holy See’s secretary of state, the Vatican said Saturday. Until now, Parolin, a 58-year-old ...

Pietro Parolin in 2009. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images The Vatican's new secretary of state made some comments in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper earlier this week that have surprised many.