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

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

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

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Peter Turkson and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, have become the four leading contenders to become the next pope, according to crypto-powered ...

As about 135 cardinals prepare to elect the next pope, thousands of Italians are already doing the same in an online game.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin reads his homily at a Mass for some 200,000 young people in St. Peter's Square. The Italian cardinal ...

One hundred and eighty-three cardinals were present at the meeting, 124 of whom were cardinal-electors. Fourteen cardinals ...

Cardinal Becciu has left the conclave, which convenes on May 7, as front-runners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

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

The “intermediate” political positions mean that Parolin is one of the eligible cardinals: the prelate, moreover, is a “man ...