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 ...

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 ...

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ROME – In the days surrounding Pope Francis’ death, Cardinal Pietro Parolin ... It seems that everyone knows Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, who will preside over the papal election ...

The Holy See is in favour of peaceful nuclear disarmament, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told ANSA on the Israel ...

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 ...

A senior Italian cardinal was very close to becoming the new pope, but another candidate gained strong support at the last ...

The 70-year-old Italian has been the Vatican's secretary of state ... president JD Vance met Pietro Parolin just before Pope Francis died Before the pope's death, Cardinal Parolin also met ...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, to express heartfelt ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said in a recent interview that Pope Francis wants Europe to rediscover its founding principles in order to approach problems ...

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 ...