Cardinal Georges Cottier has died aged 93, the Dominican order has announced. The Vatican's new expert on combating abuse has insisted that Pope Francis is not "wavering" on the issue. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said "there is no mercy without truth" at the World Apostolic Congress on Mercy in Rome yesterday. Gerry O'Connell predicts that the apostolic exhortation "will open doors in the Church’s pastoral approach" to cohabitation, divorce, remarriage and homosexuality. John Allen considers why the Pope has chosen Cardinal Schönborn to present the text (and launches "Crux 2.0"). Raymond Arroyo explains why you could always hear Mother Angelica coming. And the British Library Medieval manuscripts blog recalls the archbishop who denounced pranksters as "weasels, vipers, and worse than moles". Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day. The next Morning Catholic must-reads will be on Monday, April 11.