Pope Benedict has been in America the last few days, on a visit that may well have a lasting impact both on the church there and in the wider world. For complete coverage of what he said (and everything the pope says and writes repays careful study and thought) there's no better place than Christopher Blosser's Benedict in America site.

Aid to the Church in Need goes to places we really rather wouldn't go and helps people who no one else will succour all over the world. The organisation was founded by Fr Werenfried van Straaten, who died in 2003. This is a short film about his life and work.

...for the loss of service these past few days. This was, I'm told, due to the control panel becoming corrupted when the system was updated. This was not reparable and the entire system had to be rebuilt, but it took far longer than we anticipated. Once again, my apologies. We hope it won't happen again.

...who make a mess of things, as this video shows.

Think you know your Chalcedons from your Nicaeas, your maniples from your chasubles? Then try these Catholic quizzes - with questions ranging from the easy (the benches that people sit in during mass are known as what?) to the difficult (in what year was St. Sixtus III consecrated Pope?), with some fine examples of religious trivia in between (what color are the shoes that the Pope wears?).

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