Hattie Cobb's List: catholicism

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) gives California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a ride in a vintage Soviet-era Chaika automobile at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, October 11, 2010. Russia's ambition to become a hi-tech economy will be under scrutiny this week when Schwarzenegger and a host of prospective investors from Silicon Valley look for opportunities at the country's flagship technology hub. Schwarzenegger leads a group of venture capitalists on Monday to meet companies and entrepreneurs at the Skolkovo technology centre - launched earlier this year as part of President Dmitry Medvedev's drive to modernise the Russian economy.

Pilgrims sing during mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil's national saint, in the city of Aparecida, 165 km (103 miles) outside of Sao Paulo October 11, 2010. The Basilica is Latin America's most popular shrine and one of the world's largest cathedrals. The shrine dates back to 1717, when three fishermen having a run of bad luck cast their nets in the Paraiba River and dragged up a headless statue of the Virgin Mary, venerated as Our Lady of Aparecida and named Brazil's national saint in 1930. Every year millions of Brazilian and foreign pilgrims visit the shrine and about 100,000 people usually attend services in Aparecida commemorating her every October 12.