Pope Francis sent a message to participants at the International Conference on 'The Declaration of Helsinki: Research in resource-poor settings' calling for global equality in healthcare

Pope Francis will attend the next G7 meeting and will be the first pope to participate in the event, which this year will be held in Puglia, Italy 13-15 June

New document by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith lists grave violations of human dignity: from war to poverty, from violence against migrants to violence against women, from abortion to surrogacy to euthanasia, to gender theory and digital violence

Pope Francis encouraged people of all religions to promote diversity, peace and care for creation, stressing the importance of interreligious dialogue

During a commemorative event in New York for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's Permanent Observer to UN, stressed the crucial role of education in eradicating racial prejudice