Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Could the Roman Catholic Church return to its long tradition of Italian popes? For the first time since the death of John Paul I ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, has not ruled out the possibility of Pope Leo XIV traveling to Nicaea, located in the present-day Turkish town of Iznik, where the 1,700th ...

On the first day of his official visit to the Vatican, Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State for the last 12 years and its top diplomat, has emerged on nearly every ...

VATICAN CITY — The precedent that resonates most with today’s vote comes from the 2005 conclave, and the reported conversation between Germany’s Joseph Ratzinger and Italy’s Carlo Maria Martini after ...

Ever since Pope Francis died on April 21, Cardinal Pietro Parolin had been bettors' favorite as his successor. But, not surprisingly, what gamblers think and what 133 cardinals decide can be ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, former Vatican secretary of state, celebrates Mass on the second day of the "novendiali" -- nine days of mourning for Pope Francis marked by Masses -- in St. Peter's Square at ...

Speaking to journalists in Rome May 6, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was asked if the Vatican intends to impose sanctions on 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 abroad ...

As Pope Leo XIV begins his pontificate with an emphasis on peace, justice and bridge-building, the Vatican has reaffirmed its "unwavering support for the mission of the United Nations" amid conflict ...

‘Carlo is a new pearl of this city of saints and a great gift for the Church: May his witness bear abundant fruits of holiness among young people,’ the cardinal said at a feast-day Mass attended by ...

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 from ...