The mayor of Madrid has promised that next year's World Youth Day, which is likely to draw two million people to the Spanish capital, will be the best ever.
Sky News reports that the British Government is taking steps to ensure that Pope Benedict is not presented with an arrest warrant during his British visit.
Plans for a chapel dedicated to Cardinal John Henry Newman were unveiled at the Oxford Oratory yesterday.
London buses will carry posters calling for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church during the Pope's stay in the capital.
