Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has added his name to a statement calling Communion for the remarried “alien” to the Catholic faith. The Archbishop of Lagos has called for renewed efforts to release six kidnapped nuns. The Russian Orthodox Church has opened 30,000 places of worship in the past 30 years. Fr Anthony Ruff, Michael Sean Winters and Fr John Zuhlsdorf offer predictions for 2018. Andrea Gagliarducci foresees a “gang war” among Pope Francis’s collaborators. John Allen names the five “most under-covered Vatican stories” of the past year. And a new digital organ has been installed in St Peter’s Basilica. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.