Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Vatican to condemn China's religious freeedom violations.

The Diocese of Rapid City said in a statement that it received the allegation last month and that it dates back to the 1980s.

The change comes after mounting criticism that the rule of 'pontifical secrecy' has been used to protect pedophiles and silence victims.

Pope Francis recently unveiled a sculpture dedicated to refugees and migrants that also suggests angels could be hiding among the displaced.

Pope Francis is in hot water this week after making a controversial remark about his Christian ideological opponents in the United States.

Cardinal Raymond Burke made the remarks at a forum in Rome last week.

'Pope Francis decried President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, saying that it would make the US a prisoner and that rejecting migrants was unjust.'

'Pope Francis defended his decision to reject French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin's resignation after he was convicted of covering up for a predator priest.'

'Pope Francis denounced anti-Semitism inside and outside the church on Friday.'

'Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession.'