Pope Francis has moved this year’s Corpus Christi procession outside central Rome. A bishop in Congo-Brazzaville has said that his priests are struggling to find enough to eat. Catholics in Pakistan have held a day of prayer and fasting for the release of Asia Bibi. Patriarch Kirill has become the first leader of the Russian Orthodox Church to visit Albania. The Economist argues that the Pope’s role in the Alfie Evans case was “regrettable” (Ross Douthat). Fr Raymond de Souza reviews Phil Lawler’s Lost Shepherd. And the archdioceses of New York and Philadelphia have digitised millions of records for historians and genealogists. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.
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