The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, held talks with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on Saturday just two weeks after the Vatican extended a hand to conservative Anglicans dismayed by steps to ordain women and openly gay clergy.
Pope Benedict opened a synod of Roman Catholic bishops on Africa by denouncing the West’s materialism and lack of moral values, which he said were contaminating the world’s poorest continent like “toxic waste”.
Pope Benedict XVI left Prague on Monday afternoon after a three-day visit in Czech Republic. He hailed the fall of communism in eastern Europe on Saturday, shortly before the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
As Silvio Berlusconi takes on an array of foreign papers and the all-powerful Catholic Church, critics say this time the Italian prime minister may have gone too far – even by his standards.
Franciscan friar, Father Michael Seed, is well-known in England for being confidante to celebrities and politicians, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Pope Benedict XVI had minor surgery on Friday after he slipped in the bath and broke his wrist. The 82-year-old Roman Catholic leader is in good health and has since returned to his holiday home.
A Basque bishop on Saturday criticised the Roman Catholic Church's silence over the killing of 14 priests by General Franco's forces during Spain's 1936-39 civil war. Historians estimate half a million people died in the war.
US President Barack Obama on Friday promised to reduce the number of abortions in America during his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, while also urging the pope to continue pushing for Middle East peace.
