Benedict XVI assured the trapped miners in Chile of his prayers at the Angelus yesterday (full text, video).
Cardinal Godfried Danneels tried to persuade an abuse victim not to denounce his abuser in public, a tape recording has revealed. Tom Heneghan says the transcript makes for sad reading.
A poll has found that only two per cent of Scots are "strongly opposed" to the papal visit.
Peter Stanford describes the Church that Pope Benedict will encounter when he visits Britain next month.
