Benedict XVI said he was praying for those who died at the music festival in Duisburg at the Angelus yesterday (video).
Parishes in Birmingham archdiocese will pick names "from a hat" to decide who goes to the Newman beatification Mass.
Kenyan Catholic leaders are urging the faithful to vote "no" in the referendum on a new constitution on August 4.
Cardinal Odilo Scherer of São Paulo has backed the Pope's decision to create the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation.
Thousands of Irish pilgrims completed the traditional Croagh Patrick climb yesterday (audio).
