As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

Major voices of the conclave. The man Pope Francis chose as his top aide will oversee all voting rounds in the Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson is rising as a strong contender to succeed Pope Francis, at least among crypto bettors on Polymarket ...

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

Among the red hats of the College of Cardinals, his is the one bookmakers have been betting on for months. On the Polymarket ...

On a more prosaic level, it’s worth recalling that prior to Pacelli in 1939, the last Secretary of State to be elected pope ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s ...

A Vatican statement said areas of agreement, such as defense of religious freedom, as well as the areas of tension with the ...

As Secretary of State, Parolin has managed some of the most sensitive diplomatic matters of Francis’ papacy. He played a ...