‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Pietro Parolin
- Cardinals will gather in Rome to elect the next Pope, with Cardinal Pietro Parolin considered a potential candidate.
- He serves as the Vatican's Secretary of State and previously advised Pope Francis.
- He helped normalize relations with Vietnam and negotiated a China agreement.
- He recently turned 70 and leads among bookmakers in Rome.
- His experience in Vatican affairs and global relations presents an advantage.
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Pietro ParolinItaly (70 years old)Worked in close collaboration with Pope Francis and was his Secretary of State. He is seen as a consensus candidate between progressives and conservatives, as he has been a diplomat of the Church for most of his life. He is considered a moderate priest, although when Ireland voted in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in 2015, Parolin called the measure a “defeat for humanity.” Luis Antonio TaglePhilippines …
The Secretary of State is a natural candidate for Francesco's succession, to whom he has always been loyal, blunting his exuberance ...
Peter Parolin may be the candidate for the commitment, but there are several other names that are already being discussed by the cardinals. What's going on?
After the death of the high pontiff on April 21, the cardinals have the mission of selecting the successor of Francis in a next conclave with about 130 cardinal electors. While all of them could be elected as a pontiff, there are some with “greater” possibilities.
BFMTV asked ChatGPT to give him his prognosis about the identity of the next sovereign pontiff. According to Open AI's conversational agent, it will be the Italian Pietro Parolin, current number 2 of the Vatican. Cardinal Secretary of State obtains a probability of 27.6%.
While Rome is preparing for the funeral of Pope Francis, the search for a successor is underway. Alexander Görlach, theologian and Vatican expert, among others, considers Cardinal Pietro Parolin to be a hot candidate for the Pope's succession.
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