Pope Francis has opened his pontificate this morning with a visit to Rome’s main basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

REGARDING the Cloyne report, Msg O’Callaghan has made some errors of judgment, but his excellent record as a devoted parish priest stands in contrast to this current government and their predecessors who seek to divert attention from their policies, which decimated the commercial, industrial and medical sectors in north Cork.

The pope formally created a new Vatican office today to revive Christianity in Europe, his latest attempt to counter secular trends in traditionally Christian countries.