The Vatican has rewritten its 2010 anti-money laundering law after European inspectors found that it did not fully meet their tough standards to combat the financing of terrorism.

THE Tánaiste should invite one of the Vatican’s most senior diplomats to Ireland to discuss this country’s relationship with the Holy See in light of revelations in the Cloyne Report, according to Fianna Fáil.

The Vatican's foreign minister arrived in Cuba to discuss the island's economic plight, and rights activists hope his visit may get more political prisoners freed or at least moved to jails closer to home.