The beatification of the monks of Tibhirine could be approved this month, according to French media (French report). Soldiers have been charged with the murder of Italian missionary Fr Fausto Tentorio in Mindanao in 2011. Filipinos view Pope Francis as the "most favourable" world leader, according to a new survey. Timothy Morgan argues that lawyers are the “invisible heroes” of the persecuted Church. Jack Regan shares what he's learned from a decade on Twitter. Nick Ripatrazone hails three Catholic visionaries who "watched the electronic age arrive and did not blink". And Fr Sean Salai SJ recommends taking up the Ignatian examen in 2018. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.