The Cause of an imprisoned North Korean bishop declared dead in 2013 is advancing (biography).
Those who put "tremendous pressure" on Benedict XVI to resign "will be found out", Archbishop Luigi Negri has said.
A bishop in South Sudan has rejected President Salva Kiir's call for a national day of prayer.
A scandal-hit Indian diocese has imposed a five-year moratorium on building works.
Fr Matthew Schneider argues that both Pope Francis and his critics may be right about the Church's problems.
