EDITORIAL: Washington and Rome see Nigeria’s crisis through different lenses — but each perspective highlights part of a ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of EWTN's interview with Cardinal Parolin. VATICAN CITY — The publication of the new Vatican constitution is not necessarily the end of curial reform and new offices ...

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 — including a ...

This was the ultra-secret process revealed in the book 'The Last Conclave' by Vatican experts Gerard O'Connell and Elisabetta ...

The Laudato Si’ Movement brought water from a melted fragment of glacier blessed by the Pope to COP30. Pope Leo blessed the ...

One of the most anticipated events for the faithful of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei returns, the 'Descent of the ...

Editor's note: White smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel has signaled a new pope has been chosen. Follow USA TODAY's live coverage of the announcement of a new pope on Thursday, May 8. Could ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin denied that during his three recent visits to Pope Francis — who has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14 — they had discussed ...

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff. The 70-year-old Italian was ...