The Vatican has asked the US to find an “adequate humanitarian solution” for prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, a reflection of Pope Francis’s vocal concern that prisoners be treated with dignity and not be subject to inhumane treatment.

The Vatican is asking the United States to find an “adequate humanitarian solution” for prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

The Pope’s second in command has opened the door to a conversation on priestly celibacy by saying the tradition “is not dogma or a law of divine origin” and so up for discussion.