Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warns against insensitive language in marriage equality and family debates

Pope Francis has told people not to judge any individual

American nuns at rough end of Pope Francis’s mixed messages

Whether deliberate or not, Vatican ambiguity is most harsh on women

Dirty War actions of Pope Francis still divisive in an Argentina scarred by dictatorship

Families of the ‘disappeared’ are cynical about the pope’s status as a moral leader

One year on, Pope Francis is focusing on changing structures of church governance

‘He will not bring about any dramatic changes in church teaching’

Pope Francis: possibly liberal, maybe a conservative, but definitely radical

Opinion: The evidence suggests a pontiff who wants a more collegial and decentralised church

Pope’s new broom sweeps Vatican Bank

Pope Francis has shown he is no friend of murky financial practices

Spring turns to winter

Wrong on the women question, but Pope Francis is a clear voice for decency

Opinion: Pontiff’s declaration that he is a sinner is not merely an affectation

Pope calls for church that ‘keeps the doors open’

Pope Francis addresses many of the hottest issues of his pontificate

Pope has no intention of doing for the church what Gorbachev did for the USSR

If you want to set an original moral compass you don’t belong within any organised religion

Jesuit questions Pope Francis’s record in Argentina

Priests says institute in Buenos Aires never criticised or opposed the government

Pope calls for dialogue with Islam and greater efforts to combat poverty

New pontiff makes impassioned plea for defence of the poor

Election of Bergoglio as pope gives unfortunate impression to outside world

Implication is that failings of Catholic Church during Argentina’s Dirty War are now forgiven

Permanent scar from Vincent Browne show for Fine Gael TD

Jim Daly got into an unusual spot on the late-night current affairs show

Pope without pomp

The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio surprised Vatican watchers. Why did the cardinals choose him, and what will this unshowy Argentinian do for the Catholic Church?

Change of style on first day in office for Pope Francis

‘We’re going to have to get used to a new way of doing things,’ says spokesman

Media react to Pope Francis’ election

Newspapers and websites from around the world report on new head of Catholic Church

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