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

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

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

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

President Trump joked about becoming pope, but could he actually lead the Catholic church? Here's what it takes to become the ...

Pope Leo XIV—the American Robert Francis Prevost—was a close ally of Pope Francis. The two share many of the same views on ...

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

Robert Francis Prevost becomes first American-born Pope after Italian Pietro Parolin surged in odds to take the vacant seat.

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ranks second on both.

With Pietro Parolin among the most likely candidates, the possibility of a Secretary of State ascending to the papal throne ...

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

Robert Prevost, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, was not among the top contenders, making his selection a relative surprise.