Fighting between Muslims and Christians in the central Nigerian town of Jos has left at least 16 people dead. A mob of masked vandals has attacked a Catholic church in Kerala, southern India. Archbishop Oscar Cruz, former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, has urged the faithful not to take WikiLeaks documents as "Gospel truth". Vatican Insider suggests that the Moscow Patriarchate is putting pressure on the Serbian Orthodox Church not to invite Benedict XVI to the Balkan country. Gerard O'Connell says that the Irish government has given a cautious welcome to the Vatican's response to the Cloyne Report. Journalist Michael MacLachlan describes his first experience of the new English translation of the Roman Missal in England. Jennifer Fulwiler offers advice on building Catholic communities online. And Sandro Magister reveals Benedict XVI's favourite Bach cantata (listen to it here).
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Luke Coppen
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