Pietro Parolin is the Secretary of State of the Holy See, chosen by Jorge Mario Bergoglio immediately after his inauguration and appointed cardinal the following year. He was the key figure in the ...

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

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

“Brothers and sisters, precisely on Divine Mercy Sunday we remember our beloved Pope Francis with affection,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Sunday.

Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, bureaucratic hand on the church’s wheel. By Jason Horowitz and Patricia ...

70-year-old Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who, like Pacelli in his time, is currently the Vatican’s Secretary of State. Born in 1955 in Schiavon, a small town of 2,500 souls in northern Italy ...

In a ceremony held at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan on May 19, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State, was recognized with the 2025 Path to Peace Award. The honor, bestowed by the ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin reportedly suffered a small health scare this week during a general congregation meeting with his fellow papal electors. Outlets in Italy and ...

Pietro Parolin ... Francis' predecessor. Parolin most recently served as Francis' secretary of state, akin to a deputy pope, since 2013. Tribute book: Honor Pope Francis' legacy, papal history ...

Long considered a potential papabile (papal candidate), Cardinal Pietro Parolin ... Pope Francis made then-Bishop Parolin the youngest Vatican Secretary of State in 84 years in 2013.

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. White smoke has billowed ...