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 ...

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 ...

Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. Ghanaian mother and child who arrived in US on valid visas to fly home after detainment, lawyers say Canadian ...

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, Vatican secretary of state, has not ruled out the possibility of Pope Leo XIV traveling to Nicaea, located in the present-day Turkish town of Iznik, where the 1,700th ...

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 ...