A total of 52 hostages, including three priests, were killed yesterday after Iraqi security forces attempted to free Mass-goers held by suspected al-Qaeda gunmen at a Catholic church in Baghdad.
Benedict XVI said that God excludes no one from his mercy during his Angelus address yesterday (full text, video).
Some 75 victims of clerical abuse took part in the "Reformation Day" event near the Vatican on Sunday night (John Allen's analysis).
The Pope held a question-and-answer session with 100,000 young people on Saturday (full text).
