Journalists and residents of Schiavon, northern Italy, hometown of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gather at the Caffe' Centrale, ...

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 ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots. There are still ...

Still, there are always front-runners, known as "papabile," who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope - much like those depicted in last year's Oscar-nominated film ...

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 ...

On Thursday afternoon in the United States--evening over in Italy--white smoke emerged ... where Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State for the last 12 years, trended as ...

Caffè Centrale, on the main drag of the Veneto hometown of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a papal favorite, filled up with locals and journalists awaiting the first sign of smoke on Wednesday.

One such recent occasion was when the late Pope suggested last year that Israel's military campaign in Gaza might amount to genocide. Parolin agreed to meet with the then-Israeli ambassador to the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel indicates the cardinals have not yet chosen a new Pope. Stay updated on the conclave events.