A Catholic bishop was stabbed to death in Turkey today, a day before he was due to meet the pope.

POPE Benedict XVI washed the feet of 12 men yesterday, re-enacting Jesus’s washing of his apostles’ feet during the Last Supper and saying the act cleansed the “filth” of mankind.

Pope Benedict XVI humbly washed the feet of 12 men today, re-enacting Jesus’ washing of his apostles’ feet during the last supper and saying the act cleansed the “filth” of mankind.

Thousands of people filed past the coffin of an Italian priest shot dead in Turkey ahead of his funeral in a Rome basilica today.

Turkish police today arrested a 16-year-old student as the suspected killer of an Italian Catholic priest.