Could the Roman Catholic Church return to its long tradition of Italian popes? For the first time since the death of John ...

As the papal conclave concluded, bettors around the world to wagered most often on one cardinal to become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the leader of the 2025 papal conclave, which will elect the next pope after the passing of Pope ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

T wo favorites to succeed Pope Francis are Pietro Parolin and Luis Antonio Tagle. White smoke was seen above the Sistine ...

One such recent occasion was when the late Pope suggested last year that Israel's military campaign in Gaza might amount to ...

He was not viewed as a popular pick on the betting markets either, where Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of ...

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

However, once the new pope was revealed Thursday afternoon, not only was it not Parolin, it wasn't any of the other cardinals ...

Pietro Parolin has been chosen as the new pope and head of the Vatican and Catholic Church after a two-day conclave.

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevos in the U.S., has been chosen to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church. The announcement comes on the second day of the papal conclave.