Mykhaylo Podolyak, a top adviser to President Zelenskyy, said that “it doesn’t make sense to speak of Pope Francis as a mediator, if he takes on a Russophile position that is obvious to all.”

Presidential candidate Javier Milei has called Pope Francis an “imbecile who defends social justice,” “leftist son of a b* preaching communism,” and “the representative of the evil one.”

A key document listing the names of 3,600 people who were allegedly sheltered by Catholic religious orders in Rome during the Nazis’ occupation of the city has been rediscovered, after having been considered lost.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, an influential figure in Democratic politics who was also U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, died on Sept. 1.

Following the tragedy, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference issued a statement that decried those who “unscrupulously exploit the homeless and the poor.”

The Ukrainian bishops did not hold back during a nearly two-hour private audience with the pope.