A teen groom, now a 41-year-old grandfather of three, was among six married men who were ordained deacons at the weekend.

China’s state-controlled Catholic Church installed a cleric well-regarded by the Vatican as bishop of Beijing today in a move that officials say should help ease tense relations.

The families of Columbine school shooting victims pledged to appeal against a judge’s decision to seal information about the two killers that they say might have helped prevent the Virginia Tech massacre.

NEARLY one million people prayed in a Polish field, North Americans slipped into pews before dawn and Asians gathered by the thousands at outdoor Masses in a global goodbye to Pope John Paul II yesterday.