Who could be Leo’s pick for Secretary of State, whenever it comes?

If Leo makes a change at the top of his largest department, it creates a series of complicated choices downstream.

One of the remaining great unknowns of the Leonine pontificate is when the pope could choose to replace the heads of Vatican departments remaining from the Francis papacy.

Pope Leo XIV and Caridnal Pietro Parolin. Credit: Vatican media.

At the largest and most influential of these, the Secretariat of State, Pope Leo XIV could replace Cardinal Pietro Parol…