Parolin - a 70-year-old from a small town in Italy's deeply Catholic northern Veneto region - is said to be a steady administrator who could bring some calm after three consecutive papacies that ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State for the last 12 years and its top diplomat, has emerged on nearly every shortlist as an obvious papal contender. Parolin - a 70-year-old ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin: A look at his career and controversies Born and raised in northern Italy, Cardinal Parolin enrolled in seminary at the age of 14 and became a priest at the age of 25.

In Burundi, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary coincided with the elevation of the Parish of Saint ...

Parolin was born on January 17, 1955, into a deeply Catholic family near Venice in northern Italy. His father managed a hardware store and his mother was a teacher.

Parolin has a 32% chance of being named pope on the Kalshi site, followed by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines at 20% and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Italy at 10%.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the current bookmakers' favorite to be the next pope, is facing renewed scrutiny over a deal he made with China seven years ago. The 70-year-old Vatican Secretary of State ...