Pope Benedict XVI blessed a new children's ward at Gemelli Hospital in Rome yesterday.

A new poll suggests that 77 per cent of Flemish people think that Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard is not a suitable leader of the Belgian Church.

The Belgian authorities are seeking to expel a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Canada.

Michael O'Loughlin reacts to reports that the Vatican is helping the Discovery Channel to make a documentary about exorcism.

George Weigel gives full marks to Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix.