Vatican
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Papal inauguration risks raising tensions between China and Taiwan
Beijing suspected of putting pressure on Vatican to cut ties with Taipei Next week, 135 cardinals will gather …
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Son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon condemns UK government ‘weakness’
Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy, also criticises Vatican over failure to hold China to account over human rights a…
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Hong Kong: Vatican ‘concerned’ over arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen
Prominent Catholic cleric, 90, detained with three others linked to disbanded charity for protestersThe Vatica…
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‘Momentum for peace’: Pope Francis urged to visit North Korea by Moon Jae-in
South Korean president meets pontiff and gives him a cross made of barbed wire taken from demilitarised zone T…
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Pope says for first time that China’s Uighurs are ‘persecuted’
Francis mentions plight of Muslim minority in China, alongside Rohingya and Yazidi, in new bookPope Francis ha…
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Mike Pompeo to criticise Vatican’s renewal of China deal during visit
Pope Francis reportedly declining to meet US secretary of state who says the Catholic church too soft on Beiji…