The Pope has invited children from around the world to join Syrian children in a prayer for peace on Wednesday (full text). "It deeply troubles me when I see a timetable in a parish," Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass marking the Jubilee of Deacons yesterday (full text, full video). Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has declared today a day of prayer for peace in the Middle East. Francis may become the first pope to visit Russia and China, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran has said. CNA/EWTN News reports on a visit by 61 cloistered nuns to a women's prison in Santiago, Chile. David Gibson says Archbishop Georg Gänswein has "thrown gas onto the fire" of Vatican conspiracy theories. And researchers have discovered a mummified body bearing a striking resemblance to Vincent Van Gogh in a Spanish church. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.