According to initial reports, the terrorists stormed a Catholic church in northwestern DRC while they were participating in 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.

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.

Pope Francis has appointed Italian Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 58, as Vatican secretary of state. On Oct. 15 Archbishop Parolin will succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, 78.

Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Saturday with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posts on X March 14, 2025, about a conversation he had with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. (CNS photo/screen grab from X) ...

Pope Leo XIV has expressed profound sorrow over the deaths of ministers, government officials, and military personnel who ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican on April 19, 2025. They discussed peace, religious freedom and migration. (photo: Abaca ...

Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Pietro Parolin addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York Sept. 28, 2024. (OSV News/Eduardo Munoz, via Reuters) ...

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin visited the pope again on Tuesday. According to the Vatican, the two discussed beatifications and canonizations.