The road to reform remains just as long for the Catholic community

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

THIS month, Pope Francis had to come clean.

Time’s Man of the Year for 2013, the object of seemingly universal affection, is a liberal: and that means a season — perhaps a papacy — of struggle. His honeymoon as the Amiable Argentinian is over.