North and South Korea have entered “a period of hope”, Vatican Archbishop Paul Gallagher has said. Lebanon’s Maronite bishops have deplored a controversial new citizenship decree. The Cause of Giorgio La Pira, the “holy mayor” of Florence, is advancing. Rocco Palmo comments on “a move without precedent for the 500-year-old Roman Curia”. John Warhurst asks if a consultation of Australia’s Catholics will lead to “dashed expectations”. Patti Armstrong profiles the mystic who inspired Mother Angelica. And Zelda Caldwell says that George Washington took his famous “rules of civility” from French Jesuits. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.