In Lent we should consult the Bible as often as we check our phones, Pope Francis said at yesterday's Angelus (full text, full video).

The Holy See recorded a deficit of €12.4 million (£10.7, $13.2) in 2015, the Vatican disclosed on Saturday.

At times "a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality have prevailed" in post-Vatican II liturgies, the Pope has said (Liborius Lumma, Fr John Zuhlsdorf).

The Congregation for Divine Worship was not told of the review of liturgical translations before the news was leaked in January, reports Edward Pentin.