Cardinal Joseph Zen has accused Cardinal Pietro Parolin of “manipulating the Holy Father” over China. The “re-foundation” of the John Paul II Theological Institute is a sign that “shouldn’t be underestimated”, Cardinal Parolin has said. Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick is facing a new lawsuit. A Spanish cardinal has expressed “great concern” about the country’s prospective left-wing coalition government. Anti-Christian persecution has inspired “many thousands” of converts in Iraq, a Chaldean archbishop has said. Edward Feser criticises the idea that “an inoffensive ‘niceness’ is somehow the essence of the true Christian”. And a Jesuit priest in Rome has created the first Minecraft server at the Vatican. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.