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The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago "was inhuman and indefensible," the Vatican secretary of state said, and Israel's two-year-long war on Gaza has had "disastrous and inhuman consequences."

The rules established by Pope Saint John Paul II stated that the Dean of the College of Cardinals should be the one to preside over the rites of the conclave, but what happens if he is over 80 years old?

The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin 7 May, is governed by two texts: a rule book and a prayer book.

Pope Francis' "clinical condition remains critical but stable" and the "prognosis remains guarded," the Vatican's evening bulletin said 25 February.

The Vatican's top diplomat met with papal representatives to various Middle Eastern countries to discuss possible avenues toward peace in the region and the state of the Catholic Church there.

The war in Ukraine has now reached 1,000 days. A fact that the top diplomat of the Holy See hopes will provoke "a jolt of responsibility" to stop, as he defined, "this carnage."

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, returned to themes relating to peace that he had presented during 79th session of the UN General Assembly.

In a rare instance of direct communication between senior Vatican and Russian officials, the Vatican's top diplomat thanked Russia's human rights ombudsperson for her role in the release of Ukrainian priests held in Russian captivity.

The Vatican continues its call for peace in Ukraine, despite the ongoing conflict for the past two and a half years.

For the first time in decades, all the bishops in China are in communion with the pope, and the faithful "know how important it is that all Chinese bishops are in full communion with the universal church

provisional agreement signed between the Vatican and China expected to be extended.