Mongolian president meets Pope

MONGOLIA: The Mongolia’s President paid a visit to Pope Benedict this week. Both leaders discussed the state of relations between the Holy See and the Asian nation, writes Gerard O'Connell on the Vatican Insider.

Pope meets Muslims in Berlin

INTERNATIONAL: Pope Benedict met with members of Germany's Muslim community in Berlin on Friday, and Vatican Radio has published the provisional text of his speech.

Complaint against Pope, Vatican officials filed at ICC

INTERNATIONAL: Two American advocacy groups are asking the International Criminal Court to investigate the Pope and Vatican officials over sex abuse by members of the clergy, reports The New York Times.

Pope lets Raphael’s Madonna visit ‘sister’ in Germany

VATICAN CITY: Papal intervention reunites Raphael’s “Madonna of Foligno” from the Vatican to the sister painting in Dresden, Germany - the “Sistine Madonna" - for an exhibit coinciding with Pope Benedict's visit, writes Catherine Hickley for Bloomberg.

India’s religious, the church’s ‘unsung heroes’:Pope

INDIA: Vatican Radio publishes the Pope's address to the final group of Indian Bishops who were in Rome for their Ad Limina visit.

Pilgrims flock to John Paul II house

PHILIPPINES: Replica of boyhood home is a major attraction ahead of beatification

John Paul II museum opens in Bacolod

PHILIPPINES: Lighthouse to act as beacon to seamen as well as memorial to late pope