Meeting members of the Diplomatic Corps, Pope Leo XIV warns that human rights and freedoms are under strain as diplomacy gives way to the logic of power and war.

Pope Francis had a quiet night and is resting, as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, according to the Holy See Press Office on Monday morning.

A Vatican Press Office communiqué on Tuesday evening says Pope Francis has not manifested any episodes of respiratory insufficiency or bronchospasm. He is alert, without fever, and cooperative. As planned,…