Sunday morning in Jordan's capital Amman Pope Benedict 16th celebrated open air mass. Roman Catholics from across the Middle East attended the service. He is now ending his trip to Jordan and moving on to Israel and to the Palestinian territories.

On the second day of his week-long trip to the Middle East, Pope Benedict has condemned "the ideological manipulation of religion" and called for inter-faith dialogue. Speaking to Muslim leaders and other dignitaries Saturday at the Hussein bin Talal mosque in Amman, Jordan, the pontiff said religion should be a force for good, not for division.

Pope Benedict delivering his Easter Eve message tells the world that in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we see the most sublime fulfilment of what this text describes as the beginning of all things: the light.

The Prime Minister of UK Gordon Brown replies to The Pope's letter saying the rich countries must keep the promise to the poor.

The Pope has once again ignited controversy and angered a large section of the world population. This time claiming that Condom use and distribution can do nothing to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, and may even make the crisis worse.

Pope Benedict 16th starts his first Africa Tour today from Cameroon. He will also visit Angola. Today the pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church arrived in Cameroon.

It was only in January when Pople Benedict the XVI made headlines with a terrible decision to lift the Excommunication on - among others - Bishop Williamson a notorious holocaust denier.

On Friday the Pope joined other global dignitaries such as Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II with YouTube Channels, as Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated the Vatican's YouTube Channel.

The Pope Benedict 16th has decided to divorce the Vatican from Italian law.

Thousands of people turned out in Rome's Saint Peter's Basilica to take part in Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas Eve midnight mass to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch confirmed that Pope Benedict 16th will visit Israel in May on his first trip to the region as pontiff.