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Biden victory kindles hope for warmer US-Vatican relations

Joe Biden Pope Francis and John Boehner 2015

Vatican City RNS 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 […]

Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn human rights abuses in China

Mike Pompeo Rome 30th Sept

Rome, Italy AP 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 […]