Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of ...

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

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the world's first Jerusalem-born Cardinal, has burst onto papal succession talk, presenting ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

Vatican City is at a critical juncture. With the death of Pope Francis, the focus has turned to the question of succession. A ...

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

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

Many speak of Pierbattista Pizzaballa,” La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper, reported Friday in its coverage of the College ...

Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a skilled diplomat from humble origins, is the Catholic Church's highest-ranking ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...