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 ...

Cardinals will take part in a mass at St Peter's Basilica this morning and will later walk to the Sistine Chapel to cast ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, once considered an unlikely candidate, has emerged as a front-runner for the papacy. His diplomatic ...

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

From there, Parolin, as the most senior cardinal bishop, led the procession to the Sistine Chapel. An appeal to the Christian ...

All 133 cardinal electors are now in the Sistine Chapel. It is within these walls that they will choose the successor to Pope ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

He served as the Vatican's Secretary of State during Francis's papacy, having already replaced him at some events during his ...

Parolin is seen as a quiet diplomat who is pragmatic more than conservative or progressive. He occasionally had to quietly ...

As many as 250 Catholic cardinals gathered in the Vatican ahead of the start of a conclave Wednesday afternoon to elect a new ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin of Italy is overseeing the papal voting process and is a betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis The ...

The word conclave, meaning 'with a key', is topping Google's searches this week. The Catholic tradition of the conclave, ...