Cardinal Seán O’Malley has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that abortion clinic "buffer-zones" violate the US constitution. The Sudanese Christian woman who faced the death penalty for alleged apostasy has been freed again. Irish clerical abuse survivors will meet Pope Francis next week, the Irish Catholic has reported. Everyone should "be able to enjoy the benefits of science", the Pope has told astronomers (video). Delia Gallagher, Jamison Pfeifer, Fr Thomas Reese SJ, Tim Stanley, Andrew Sullivan, Andrea Tornielli and Michael Sean Winters comment on the new family synod working document. Ian Thomson reviews Pier Paolo Pasolini's posthumously published screenplay on the life of St Paul. And the Vatican has given the go-ahead to the Cause of a Sister who confronted the Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.