In 2016, Francis appointed Pizzaballa to fill the vacant seat of the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem — the representative of ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Amidst speculation about the next Pope, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem has become a compelling figure. X / Geverel @gever1el Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the world's first ...

In the spring of 2023, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem addressed a conference about a dizzyingly complex subject – ...

In her home in Castel Liteggio, the small hamlet of Cologno al Serio, mother Maria Tadini recounts anecdotes about her son, ...

Pierbattista Pizzaballa. In the minds of some electors, Italian-born Cardinal Pizzaballa OFM, a member of the Franciscan order founded by St Francis of Assisi in the 13th century, has one drawback ...

Prediction markets have accepted $30 million in wagers on the papal election, which are infamously challenging to predict.

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

The pre-conclave favorite, Italy’s Pietro Parolin had a good number of preferences in the first two votes, but his support dropped off in the third ballot. Meanwhile, the darkhorse candidacy of Robert ...