Fifteen Order of Malta members will meet Pope Francis before the election of a new Grand Master, reports Sandro Magister.
Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk has proposed four steps for Ukraine-Russia reconciliation.
The Church is "gravely mistaken" if it focuses on political problems and neglects evangelisation, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said.
Two Aleppo bishops kidnapped in 2013 are still alive, a Syriac Orthodox bishop in Beirut has claimed.
Christopher Lamb and Philip Pullella preview the Pope's visit to Egypt.
