Benedict XVI dedicated his general audience today to the Italian mystic St Veronica Giuliani (video).

Japanese bishops have met the Pope to discuss their concerns about the Neocatechumenal Way.

The prior of the Taizé Community has urged young people to "opt for joy" in his annual letter to supporters (full text).

Unknown assailants have beaten a Polish missionary priest to death with a crucifix in Ecuador.

A missionary in Haiti has predicted that 200,000 Haitians will die and 400,000 will be infected with cholera if the pandemic is not halted soon.