COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and poor governance.

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

Nicaraguans, Cubans and Venezuelans hope for a church that will denounce repression.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, ...

He has served at Vatican embassies in Nigeria, Mexico and Venezuela. He is widely respected for his diplomatic finesse on some of the thorniest dossiers facing the Catholic Church. He has long ...

He has served at Vatican embassies in Nigeria, Mexico and Venezuela. He is widely respected for his diplomatic finesse on some of the thorniest dossiers facing the Catholic Church. He has long ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.