Cardinal Pietro Parolin

(OSV News) — The Vatican secretary of state has been honored for his efforts to forge peace through diplomacy, amid what he called a shared “sacred mission in a world crying …

“Pope Leo calls us to embrace a diplomacy of encounter” amid “a world marked by division, conflict and pressing global issues,” said Cardinal Parolin.

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s Secretary of State has offered to “eventually make the Vatican … available for a direct meeting” between Ukraine and Russia, as May 16 talks between those …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state since early in the pontificate of Pope Francis, has long been near the top of pundits’ lists of potential …

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrated the second Memorial Mass for Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even on his worst days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis was governing the Catholic Church, although on some days, he did not seem to have …

(OSV News) — Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed deep concern over the deadly wildfires in South Korea, which have claimed at least 28 lives and caused widespread damage. The fire …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the United States continues to attempt to broker a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with the Vatican …