Faith is the most precious gift in life, Benedict XVI said yesterday as he baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel (full text of homily).
The Pope encouraged the faithful to "rediscover the beauty of being baptised" during his Angelus address yesterday (full text, video).
The Vatican appears to have overruled the Japanese bishops' decision to ban the Neocatechumenal Way from the country for five years.
The Maltese Church has decided to create a special tribunal to assess claims that three Maltese priests abused boys at an orphanage 20 years ago.
