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Group of eight cardinals to advise Pope on curial reforms

Cardinal O'Malley of Boston is a member of the nine-man group (CNS)

Members are drawn from all over the world

Cardinal Kasper says Pope Francis is launching a ‘new phase’ of Vatican II

Cardinal Kasper pictured before the conclave in Rome (Photo: CNS)

Cardinal Kasper, 80, says Pope has put problems of southern hemisphere at the top of the agenda

Ban Ki-moon praises Pope Francis after meeting

Ban Ki-moon  and Pope Francis (Photo: PA)

UN Secretary General describes Pontiff as “a man of peace and purpose”

Archbishop Nichols prays for repose of Baroness Thatcher’s soul

Baroness Thatcher (Photo: PA)

Archbishop of Westminster says he is praying for the repose of her soul as well as for ‘the intentions of all those who now mourn her’

Egypt’s Christians in fear after attack on cathedral

Egyptian Christians with coffins at the funeral Mass before the attacks began (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

One killed in attack on funeral

Pope Francis asks for ‘decisive action’ on clerical sex abuse

Archbishop Müller, left, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Photo: CNS)

Pope tells the head of the CDF to continue Benedict XVI’s line of decisive action on abuse

Pope Francis urges Catholics to ‘search for the lost sheep’ at first general audience

Pope Francis is driven through the crowd at his first general audience (AP)

He asks faithful to ‘open the doors of your hearts’

Don’t take part in extreme crucifixion ritual, bishops urge Filipino faithful

A hooded penitent in the  Philippines pauses while carrying a cross (AP)

Faithful urged to ‘focus on prayers’ rather than extreme self-mortification

Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass

Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter's Square (AP)

He says that embracing the Cross leads to joy

Pope Francis has historic meeting with Pope Emeritus

Pope Francis greets the Pope Emeritus at Castel Gandolfo (CNS)

Pope tells predecessor: ‘We are brothers’