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During conflict in English-speaking region, Cameroon bishop cultivates peace

Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Vatican’s top diplomat says Trump won’t change Pope’s line on China

Nov 8
Crux Staff

Pope Francis is welcomed by Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, left, and Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri, right, at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Credit: Omar Havana/AP.)

Cardinal says Pope Francis a ‘pilgrim of hope’ for a Europe facing a ‘demographic winter’

Sep 26
Crux Staff

Meeting taking place in Rimini, Italy, on Aug. 20-25. (Credit: Communion and Liberation.)

Pope tells Rimini Meeting to search for beauty ‘with passion and enthusiasm’

Aug 20
Crux Staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin meet at the presidential palace in Kyiv on July 23, 2024. (Credit: Ukraine President's Office.)

Top Vatican diplomat meets Ukrainian president in Kyiv

Jul 24
Elise Ann Allen

Top Vatican cardinal tells Ukrainians to ‘never lose faith’

Jul 22
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Top Vatican diplomat makes first visit to Ukraine since war

Jul 20
Elise Ann Allen

Top Vatican diplomat says modern conflicts don’t qualify as ‘just war’

Jul 4
Elise Ann Allen

Mosaic by Father Marko Rupnik inside of Redemptoris Mater chapel in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Rupnik art dispute more nuanced than it seems, historian says

Jul 3
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican demands changes to new Church body in Germany

Jun 29
Elise Ann Allen

Parolin helps US bishops on Viganò, church/state drama in Italy, and a new real estate deal

Jun 23
John L. Allen Jr.