
The Vatican on Sunday declared Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit to Britain a "great success," saying the pontiff was able to reach out to a nation wary of his message and angry at his church's sex abuse scandal.
Dutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for possible links to a terrorist group, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutors said.
VATICAN CITY — British Prime Minister Tony Blair held private talks with Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, stoking speculation he might convert to Catholicism after he steps down this week after a decade in power.