Archbishop Anthony Fisher has told a parliamentary inquiry that he helped to free a woman trapped in slave-like conditions.
The bishops' conference of Mali has appealed for help to secure the release of a kidnapped nun.
The Vatican's finances were "much less clear before Pope Francis became Pope", Cardinal George Pell has said.
The Holy See "will not tolerate" Fra' Matthew Festing's re-election as Grand Master of the Order of Malta, reports Christopher Lamb (Sandro Magister).
Anna Momigliano investigates an "unlikely partnership" between conservative Catholics and left-wing feminists.
