Pope Francis taps diplomat Pietro Parolin as Vatican's new 'prime minister' VATICAN CITY. Pope Francis' new Secretary of State replaced Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a trusted aide of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who had been blamed for the mismanagement and scandals that plagued the Vatican in recent years. read more
The Secretary of State is the Vatican equivalent of a primeminister. Pope Francis on Saturday (Aug. 31, 2013) namedArchbishop Pietro Parolin as the. read more