Benedict XVI discussed the "four pillars of Christian unity" at his general audience this morning (video).
The Italian bishops' newspaper, Avvenire, has urged Silvio Berlusconi to shed light on new allegations of financial and sexual impropriety.
Rebels have murdered a nun in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
At least 11 former Catholic priests have been accepted into Church of England ministry in the last five years, the Church Commissioners have said.
Jimmy Akin and John Allen consider whether a 1997 letter from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland really is a "smoking gun".
