https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2020/11/14/Trump-officials-unveil-new-exam-for-citizenship/stories/202011140050

Advocates for immigrants said Friday the exam appears to be more difficult than previous versions, in that it is longer, more nuanced and in some questions has a tinge of politics.

One new question asks, “Who does a U.S. senator represent?” The correct answer under the old test was: “All people of the state.”

The new version lists the correct answer as “Citizens of their state.” President Donald Trump has tried to exclude undocumented immigrants from the decennial Census for the purposes of assigning congressional seats.

The new study guide contains 128 questions in three categories — American government, American history and symbols and holidays — up from 100 in the older version. The new test also might take longer to administer: Officers must ask all 20 questions, while lawyers said they usually used to stop when an immigrant answered the required minimum of six correctly.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3109726/pope-looked-anti-trump-refusing-meet-mike-pompeo-says-retired

Retired Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has criticised the Vatican’s decision not to grant US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an audience with Pope Francis during his trip to the Holy See last month.

The Vatican said at the time – weeks before the US elections on November 3 – that it did not meet politicians during election campaign periods, but Zen, who was also snubbed by Pope Francis on his recent trip to Rome,said in an interview that it was “ridiculous” for the Pope not to see an incumbent US secretary of state on such grounds.

“Now, they have made an enemy of [US President Donald] Trump,” Zen said. “So I don’t know how they can repair such damage.”

Zen suggested that the Vatican’s efforts to remain non-partisan had made it appear “against Trump”, and that the Pope would have granted an audience to an official from the presidential campaign of Trump’s opponent Joe Biden.