Biden victory kindles hope for warmer US-Vatican relations
Vatican CityRNS While Pope Francis and the Vatican will likely wait for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration before commenting on the result of the fractured elections in the United States, the former Vice President is already being received as a promising ally for this pontificate. Vatican-US relations have grown increasingly strained in recent years, mainly as […]
Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn human rights abuses in China
Rome, ItalyAP US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Vatican on Wednesday to join the US in denouncing violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the forefront in the fight to insist on basic human rights there. Pompeo made the appeal at a conference on religious freedom organised […]