Catholics believe Pope Francis is doing a good job, but many disagree with Church doctrine on hot-button issues, especially contraceptives, according to a global poll.

In his letter (Apr 14)l John Riordan advances some ideas to which I might — as an octogenarian — be permitted to offer an alternative.

ONE lovely afternoon 15 years ago, on holiday in Barcelona, I wandered into the starkly beautiful Gothic church of Santa Maria del Pi for the first time.

Who can grudge anyone the desire to find some apparently secure port when life gets stormy? At moments of crisis, however, such certainties can be, quite literally, lethal. If I have no doubts at all about my own position, and you express doubts about it, you become a living offence to everything I stand for