Gunmen carjacked Cardinal Orani João Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Militants have kidnapped a Franciscan priest in Iraq, the Custody of the Holy Land has reported. Czech bishops have offered to help resettle Christian refugees fleeing ISIS. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is seeking donations to help the poor attend next year's International Eucharistic Congress. Mary O'Grady argues that Ecuador's president is "appropriating the pope as his government’s very own 21st-century socialist icon". Fr Ray Blake says the Greek crisis should prompt us to "look again at usury". And an "avant-garde restaurant" in Bolivia has created quinoa-based altar breads in honour of Pope Francis.
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