Who is Pietro Parolin? What you should know about the leading candidate for Pope

Could the Roman Catholic Church return to its long tradition of the Italian popes? For the first time since the death of John Paul I in 1978, it could happen.

Pietro parolin, a cardinal and long -time vaticaniplomat, is one of the top competitors who died the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88.

The last Italian Pope was John Paul I, who suddenly died only 33 days in his papacy. His successor, Pope John Paul II, was Polish, the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years.

With the choice of slogan, the church would return to a long tradition of Italian popes. The 70-year-old is viewed by many as moderate, less progressive as Francis, but not as conservative as Pope Benedict XVI, Francis’ predecessor. Parolin has recently been Francis’ Foreign Minister, similar to a deputy Pope.

His extensive experience in international relationships include times as ambassadors of the Vatican Venezuela and the driving force behind the rapprochement of the Vatican to China and Vietnam.

A long career in diplomacy

Parolin, the son of a hardware store and a teacher, began his training in diplomacy shortly after the ordination at the age of 25. His early work led him to Nigeria and Mexico before being called back to Rome. He speaks French and Spanish fluently and his homeland Italian and knows English.

Parolin has been the State Secretary of the Vatican for 12 years, the Pope’s top diplomat and essentially the Pope’s closeness to the contract. This role means that he is known to all voters in the papal conclave and is seen as a calm pragmatist, and one who occasionally had to make Francis’ sometimes outside the cuff.

Parolin’s career was consecrated in 1980 and spent almost exclusively in Vaticaniplomacy, in Rome and elsewhere. However, he has never led a diocese, a significant gap in the pastoral experience that his followers say, is alleviated by his work with the faithful as a representative of the Pope around the world.

Controversy about China, real estate investments

Some conservatives in the USA and Asia criticized a Vatican Treaty of China from 2018 and have given the Chinese authorities who could act as Catholic bishops in the country. Slandin was the architect of the agreement, but it supported the support of Francis and Benedict, a conservative.

Sliding also led the diplomatic arm of the Vatican when he lost about 140 million US dollars in a botched investment in a London property, which led to a corruption procedure and a conviction of a parolinine due to embezzlement and fraud.

Contribution: Reuters

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Who is Pietro Parolin? What you should know about the leading candidate for Pope

ByAmelia Journalton

A long career in diplomacy

Controversy about China, real estate investments

By Amelia Journalton

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