I wish to thank you for telling your readers (Irish Examiner, April 15) that the campaign for a ‘no’ vote in the gay marriage referendum is not confined to one Church, but is also the belief of Muslims, Quakers and reformed Presbyterians.

Pope Francis has criticised the Brazilian church’s failure to keep its flock from straying to evangelical churches, challenging the region’s bishops to be closer to their people to understand their problems and offer them credible solutions.

The leader of a tiny US church said today he was determined to burn copies of the Koran on September 11, despite pleas from the White House, the military, the Vatican and Angelina Jolie.