Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian Pietro Parolin is the favourite to be elected pope - TIZIANA FABI/AFP An Italian cardinal once tainted by a secret deal ...

White smoke has billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signalling that a new Pope has been elected. The identity of the pope and the name he has chosen as pontiff will be announced to the ...

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 ...

Four favourites have emerged to succeed Pope Francis but the uncertainty around whether any candidate has sufficient support has meant that it is one of the most wide open conclaves in history.

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, Secretary of State, made that reply with a smile to journalists who posed the question outside the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome on Wednesday evening.

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors as he rides in the popemobile around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 28, 2025, ahead of his weekly general audience. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said on Wednesday it would be premature to discuss sanctions against the German bishops for blessings of same-sex couples. Cardinal Parolin, ...