Pietro Parolin could be the first Italian to serve in the papacy since 1978. The 70-year-old is known as a diplomat and a moderate voice.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly heading to Rome on Thursday to meet with Pope Leo XIV in an attempt to mend the ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Joseph Zen has rejected claims that the 2018 Vatican-China deal was approved in draft form by Pope Benedict XVI, and accused Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin engineered a deal with China in 2018.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Francis’ right-hand man at the Vatican buttressed recent statements by church officials disputing that Francis is ready to throw in the miter. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Pietro ...

Christians around the world were gobsmacked on Thursday when the Vatican announced that it had renewed its power-sharing deal with China for another two years. The deal itself was bad enough.

Could the Roman Catholic Church return to its long tradition of Italian popes? For the first time since the death of John Paul I in 1978, it could happen. Pietro Parolin, a cardinal and longtime ...