The honeymoon of the amiable Argentinian may be over, as the recent synod showed the tensions that exist between conservatives and liberals within the Church, writes John Lloyd

The number of couples seeking an annulment of their marriage from the Church has fallen dramatically in the last 10 years.

An appeal is under way in the Vatican into a decision by a Cork diocese to defrock one of its priests for serial sexual abuse of teenagers and minors.

THE Catholic bishops have issued a new directive allowing them to limit a parish priest’s tenure to six years.