Pope Francis has offered to meet both the Venezuelan government and opposition in a last-ditch effort to end the political crisis.

Cardinal Kurt Koch has proposed a commission to reconcile the Russian Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Russian Orthodox Christians and Greek Catholics must "combine their efforts to overcome the historical enmity", Metropolitan Hilarion has said (full text).

John Allen, Massimo Faggioli and Ross Douthat reflect on the Steve Bannon-Cardinal Raymond Burke conspiracy theory.