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Cardinal Parolin receives Prize, The Path to Peace Foundation’s award, stating he accepted it on behalf of the Secretariat of State, “which works tirelessly for the Pope to promote justice in our world.” By Isabella H. de Carvalho On May 19, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin accepted the award presented by the Path to…

Pope Leo XIV visits the Dicastery for Bishops – where he had served as Prefect until he was elected Pope – and celebrates Mass in the Dicastery’s chapel. By Vatican News The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit on Tuesday morning to the Dicastery for Bishops, where he…

Pope Leo visits the tomb of St Paul and prays: “May the Lord grant me the grace to respond faithfully to his call.” By Joseph Tulloch On Tuesday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV visited the Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls, the Roman church traditionally thought to hold the saint’s remains. After a moment of…

Leo XIV is the new Pope Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica VATICAN CITY, May 8 (Reuters) – Cardinal Robert Prevost, a little known missionary from Chicago, was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. pope and taking…

Pope Leo XIV[b] (born Robert Francis Prevost; September 14, 1955) has been the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 8, 2025. He is the first North American to be elected pope, and the first pope to come from an English-speaking country since Adrian IV, as well as the first American and Peruvian citizen. Born in Chicago, Prevost spent the early part of his career there…

Cardinals finish pre-conclave meetings in Vatican day before voting for pope starts. The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon and they cast their first vote. Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings in the Vatican, trying to identify…

Pope Francis (r. 2013–2025) created cardinals at ten consistories held at roughly annual intervals beginning in 2014 and for the last time on 7 December 2024. The cardinals created by Francis include 163 cardinals from 76 countries, 25 of which had never been represented in the College of Cardinals.[a] His appointments include the first Scandinavian since the Reformation, the first from Goa since an episcopal see…

Matteo Maria Zuppi (born 11 October 1955) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Bologna since 12 December 2015. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of Rome from 2012 to 2015. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal in 2019. He has been president of the Episcopal Conference of Italy since May 2022. As a close associate…

Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (/ˈtɑːɡleɪ/ TAH-glay; [lʊˈwis ɐnˈtonɪo ˈtaɡlɛ]; born June 21, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church currently serving as the Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization (formerly the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) since June 5, 2022,[2] and as the President of Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious since December 8, 2019. He was the 32nd Archbishop of Manila from 2011 to 2020.…

Pietro Parolin OMRI (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro paroˈlin], Venetian: [paɾoˈliŋ]; born 17 January 1955) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Vatican‘s Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. As the most senior cardinal bishop under the age of 80, he is expected to preside over the 2025 papal conclave. Before his tenure as…