ROME: The Pope opened a church-wide summit today with a blistering attack on the United States for blocking action to mitigate climate change.
He spoke as he opened the so-called Synod on Synodality, calling for the Catholic church to become a welcoming place for “everyone, everyone, everyone.”
It is the first church summit in which women can vote, enraging traditionalists.

CANADA: Wab Kinew was elected premier of Manitoba today, making him the first First Nations citizen to head a provincial government.
First Nations people could not vote in Canadian elections until the 1950s.

TAIWAN: China has condemned the island’s government for indicting two communist politicians, saying Taipei is “making unjustified moves against those who advocate peaceful reunification across the Taiwan strait.” Taiwan People’s Communist Party chairman Lin Te-wang and vice-chairman Chen Chien-hsin were accused on Tuesday of accepting funds from the mainland to try to influence elections.

TURKEY: Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said today more air raids over Iraqi and Syrian Kurdistan were being planned because of Sunday’s suicide bomb attack in Ankara. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the terrorist act, which wounded two policemen.