WASHINGTON TIMES. Lack of communication at top levels leaves Pope Benedict unaware, vulnerable. Benedict had a meeting of reconciliation Thursday with American Jewish leaders, who declared Catholic-Jewish relations back "on track" after the pontiff said any denial of the Holocaust is "intolerable," especially when coming from a clergyman. (Read the article by John Phillips)

ABS-CBN. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday told visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Roman Catholic, that all Catholics should uphold the Church's teachings on life. (Read the article)

USA TODAY. The Catholic chat-o-sphere is not entirely lost in a guess-the-archbishop game. (I've been playing "Who's the next Archbishop of New York," too, so unless the pope beat me to it , I'll have a new guess tomorrow.) There actually is another topic roiling the pot: The Pelosi Watch. (Read the article)

MONSTERS AND CRITICS. Around 100 Tunisians protesting expulsion orders served against them by Italian authorities, clashed Wednesday with police and started fires at an immigrant detention centre on the island of Lampedusa. (Read the article)

SKYNEWS. David Mills was convicted of perverting the course of justice after taking a $600,000 (£420,400) bribe from Silvio Berlusconi in exchange for giving favourable evidence in previous trials. (Read the article by Nick Pisa)

ANSA. Opposition leader Walter Veltroni unexpectedly resigned as head of the Democratic Party (PD) on Tuesday following Premier Silvio Berlusconi's party's victory in a regional election. (Read the article)

ANSA. Italy will push to have the US government respect a contract to buy presidential helicopters from an Italian-controlled company, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Tuesday. (Read the article)

ADNKRONOS. Italy, Nigeria and the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) have reached a two-year security agreement in a bid to fight human trafficking and illegal immigration. (Read the article)

LOS ANGELES TIMES. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), on an official visit to Italy, is scheduled to visit with the pope Wednesday at the Vatican. They certainly have enough to talk about. (Read the article by Johanna Neuman)

UPI.COM. The highest Italian court reversed the conviction Tuesday of a judge who refuses to enter courtrooms where a crucifix is hanging. (Read the article)

ANSA. Italy's first 'atheist bus' got moving Monday but had to head straight back to the depot because of a power fault. After repairs the bus started out on its route again and is set to spread its message around the northwestern Italian city for the next month. (Read the article)