Hidden child survivor Tswi Josef Herschel was given to a Christian family when he was four months old to escape the Holocaust.
Pet owners from across Spain took advantage of the opportunity to bless their pets.
A Nigerian gunman, with a history of targeting Catholic priests, has burnt a priest to death and shot another.
A significant example of Benedict’s positive impact on Jewish-Christian relations is evident in his position on the issue of proselytizing.
The retired former pope has been laying in state without the papal regalia, but will be buried in the traditional three coffins in the Vatican.