Reuters

• Satan is attacking the Catholic Church, says Pope Francis

  The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says.

• Vatican takes off gloves, accuses Archbishop Vigano of 'calumny, defamation'

  A top Vatican official on Sunday issued a scathing open letter accusing an archbishop who launched an unprecedented attack on Pope Francis of mounting a 'political frame job devoid of real foundation'.

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  Three decades after nuclear disaster, Chernobyl goes solar

  Ukraine unveiled a solar plant in Chernobyl on Friday, just across from where a power station, now encased in a giant sarcophagus, caused the world's worst nuclear disaster three decades ago.

• Nobel Peace Prize goes to campaigners against sexual violence

  The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had awarded them the prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

• Republicans aim to confirm Kavanaugh this weekend; protesters arrested

  President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans gained confidence on Thursday that his US Supreme Court nominee could win Senate confirmation.

• More than 80 Indonesian children feared killed at Bible camp

  The church where more than 80 Indonesian children were studying the Bible has moved about two kilometres from where it stood on Friday last week, before disaster struck.

• Chile's most senior Catholic Church figure sidesteps prosecutor questioning

  Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati faces multiple charges of cover-up.

• Pope opens bishops meeting in febrile atmosphere of sex abuse scandals

  Pope Francis opened a gathering of bishops on Wednesday at a time of crisis in the Catholic Church over sex abuse.

• Chile's Catholic Church criticised over guidelines regarding sexual abuse

  Chile's Roman Catholic Church apologised for a manual published on the website of Santiago's archbishop instructing priests and other Church workers not to 'touch the genitals of' or 'sleep with' children.

• Lawyer for US pastor Andrew Brunson appeals to Turkey's highest court

  The lawyer for US evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson said he filed an appeal on Wednesday to Turkey's constitutional court for his client's release from house arrest.

• Turkish president claims Andrew Brunson has 'dark links with terror', vows to resist US pressure for release

  The case of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson has plunged ties between Ankara and Washington into crisis.

• Indonesian leader says all quake victims must be found as toll rises above 1,200

  Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered more rescuers to be sent in to find victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday.