China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
The head of the Catholic Church aims to help restore peace in two countries that have seen years of violence.
In an interview with the AP, Pope Francis calls on bishops to welcome the LGBTQ community.
Pell’s 2018 conviction on sexual assault charges shocked the Catholic Church, but was later overturned.
Head of the Catholic Church slams Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s treatment of protesters.
Mourners gather at the Vatican to pay their final respects to German theologian Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit the former pope before he is laid to rest on Thursday.
World leaders pay tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died at 95 in the Vatican.
Benedict, the first pope in 600 years to step down as the Bishop of Rome, died at the age of 95.
Benedict, who died at the age of 95, in 2013 became the first pope in 600 years to step down, citing old age.
Vatican says former pope died in his residence at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery.
Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic Church resigned in 2013 due to advancing age.
Francis says during traditional ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing and message the world is experiencing ‘a grave famine of peace’.
Commissioner to run Caritas Internationalis until elections to select new leadership next year.
