The Church needs "this extraordinary moment" of the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis said at the general audience this morning (full text, short video, full video). Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has opened the Holy Door of Manila cathedral with the help of poor and disabled people. Albanian Catholic leader Archbishop Rrok Mirdita has died aged 76. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has welcomed a Syrian refugee family in defiance of Indian Governor Mike Pence. Cardinal Peter Turkson has said Pope Francis "invited people to some form of birth control" on his return from the Philippines. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said that "baptising children simply to be able to attend a specific school is an abuse of baptism". Fr Jim McDermott says that when he joined the Jesuits he was "surprised to find out our community was filled with guns". Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.