Stefano Pitrelli

Italy, Rome, Vatican City

Reporter at The Washington Post

Investigative journalist, reporter in the @washingtonpost's Rome Bureau 🇮🇹🇻🇦🇸🇲, author of #OccultoItalia.

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Articles

Pope Leo’s debut: ‘Clear connections’ to Francis, but ‘he’s his own man’

3 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Stefano Pitrelli

Pope Leo’s debut: ‘Clear connections’ to Francis, but ‘he’s his own man’ (washingtonpost.com) Pope Leo’s debut: ‘Clear connections’ to Francis, but ‘he’s his own man’ By Anthony Faiola; Stefano Pitrelli 2025051117125300 VATICAN CITY — As he has done in every major appearance since being named pope, Leo XIV invoked the name of his predecessor before a massive throng of 150,000 during his first Sunday blessing in St. Peter's Square.
How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave's stealth candidate

3 days ago | startribune.com | Anthony Faiola |Stefano Pitrelli |Chico Harlan

VATICAN CITY - Hours before the cardinals, chanting in procession, entered the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, a telling aside occurred inside St. Peter's Basilica. A senior cardinal, seen on camera, offered "good luck" - twice - to the man widely seen as the front-runner to be next pope: the Italian prelate Pietro Parolin. But when the white smoke finally appeared Thursday after the fourth vote, it was not Parolin who greeted crowds from the balcony.
How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate

4 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Stefano Pitrelli |Chico Harlan

How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate (washingtonpost.com) How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate By Anthony Faiola; Stefano Pitrelli; Chico Harlan 2025050921565900 VATICAN CITY — Hours before the cardinals, chanting in procession, entered the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, a telling aside occurred inside St. Peter's Basilica.
Leo XIV, elevated by Francis, becomes 1st American pope

5 days ago | postguam.com | Anthony Faiola |Michelle Boorstein |Stefano Pitrelli

VATICAN CITY - As the sun set on Thursday over St. Peter’s Basilica, a 69-year-old prelate who began his calling as a Chicago altar boy stepped onto the central balcony as the first American pope, stunning Vatican City and the world by breaking the long-standing taboo of electing the son of a global superpower to lead the Catholic Church.
Leo XIV, elevated by Francis, becomes first American pope

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Michelle Boorstein |Stefano Pitrelli

Leo XIV, elevated by Francis, becomes first American pope (washingtonpost.com) Leo XIV, elevated by Francis, becomes first American pope By Anthony Faiola; Michelle Boorstein; Stefano Pitrelli 2025050823064000 VATICAN CITY — As the sun set Thursday over St. Peter's Basilica, a 69-year-old prelate who began his calling as a Chicago altar boy stepped onto the central balcony as the first American pope, stunning Vatican City and the world by breaking the long-standing taboo of electing the son...
Italians once ruled the Catholic Church. Will they lead it again?

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Stefano Pitrelli |Michelle Boorstein

Italians once ruled the Catholic Church. Will they lead it again? (washingtonpost.com) Italians once ruled the Catholic Church. Will they lead it again? By Anthony Faiola; Stefano Pitrelli; Michelle Boorstein 2025050109000000 ROME — Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat to an Italian. Italians got the next best thing in Pope Francis — the Argentine son of Italian immigrants.
Conclave to select new pope will begin May 7, Vatican announces

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Stefano Pitrelli

Conclave to select new pope will begin May 7, Vatican announces (washingtonpost.com) Conclave to select new pope will begin May 7, Vatican announces By Anthony Faiola; Stefano Pitrelli 2025042811241000 VATICAN CITY — The conclave to pick the successor to Pope Francis will begin May 7, the Vatican announced Monday, setting the date of the secretive rite inside the Sistine Chapel at a time when intrigues surrounding the election have already begun to emerge.
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’

2 weeks ago | postguam.com | Anthony Faiola |Chico Harlan |Stefano Pitrelli

VATICAN CITY - The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first New World pope Saturday in a funeral attended by monarchs, presidents and cardinals but also a different group of guests - an honor guard of migrants, prisoners, the homeless and transgender faithful who offered white roses to the coffin of a leader who had placed the marginalized at the heart of his “people’s papacy.” Under crystal-clear skies in the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica, the nearly two-hour requiem Mass was a...
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Chico Harlan |Stefano Pitrelli

Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’ (washingtonpost.com) Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’ By Anthony Faiola; Chico Harlan; Stefano Pitrelli 2025042610495000 VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first New World pope Saturday in a funeral attended by monarchs, presidents and cardinals but also a different group of guests — an honor guard of migrants, prisoners, the homeless and transgender faithful who...
Pope Francis lies in state as faithful, and others, bid farewell

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Chico Harlan |Stefano Pitrelli

Pope Francis lies in state as faithful, and others, bid farewell (washingtonpost.com) Pope Francis lies in state as faithful, and others, bid farewell By Anthony Faiola; Chico Harlan; Stefano Pitrelli 2025042314530500 VATICAN CITY — This is not how she thought she would see her pope.