Conclave watching turns out to be a perfect aperitivo activity. Caffè Centrale on the main drag of the Veneto hometown of ...

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

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

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

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

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

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State ... Parolin - a 70-year-old from a small town in Italy's deeply Catholic northern Veneto region - is said to be a steady administrator ...

In the balloting to choose the next pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the ...

A senior Italian cardinal was very close to becoming the new pope, but another candidate gained strong support at the last ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagl, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and other Cardinals(REUTERS) Born in January 1955 in Italy, Parolin has served as the Vatican Secretary of State since 2013, effectively the ...

If he agrees, he chooses a new papal name and is dressed in papal robes. The final ballots are then burned with special ...