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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday morning meets with U.S. leader Donald Trump, the third leg of a presidential tour that has already taken him to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Palestine.

Commenting on the highly anticipated meeting, the Pope said recently that it was important to “to talk about things we have in common and go forward, step by step".

An ecumenical conference with a difference is taking place in Rome.

Titled “Deepening and Dialogue” the conferences draw together Catholic and Protestant intellectuals, ministers and laity. It is being held at Rome’s Camillianum university from 24th-25th May. Among the guests are Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the new Vatican Dicastery for  promoting Integral Human Development. Various Methodist, Baptist and Valdese theologians, ethicists and other intellectuals are also attending. One noted speaker is Beppino Englaro, who will speak about the choices he faced regarding the medical condition of his daughter, who spent nearly a year in a vegetative state following a road accident.

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday announced a Consistory calling for the creation of five new cardinals, each of them hailing from a different part of the world.

Speaking to the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Regina Caeli, the Pope said “Their origin, from different parts of the world, manifests the universality of the Church spread out all over the Earth.”