It offered a list of papabile — frequently mentioned candidates — including Pietro Parolin, Luis Antonio Tagle, Peter Turkson, Jean-Marc Aveline and Matteo Zuppi.

He notes that the Cardinals Matteo Zuppi and Pietro Parolin are currently top picks among the game's 70,000+ users.

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin holds the prestigious rank of the Vatican’s Secretary of State. He received more than 40 votes in the first round on Wednesday, the day voting started, as ...

On Friday evening, Pope Leo XIV spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a tank hit the only Catholic church ...

A senior cardinal, seen on camera, offered “good luck” — twice — to the man widely seen as the front-runner to be next pope: the Italian prelate Pietro Parolin.