SSPX leader Bishop Bernard Fellay has accused Pope Francis of being a "genuine modernist" who is making the crisis in the Church "10,000 times worse". The Church needs "credible witnesses" if it is to evangelise a sceptical world, Pope Francis has said (full text, video). The Diocese of Rome has denied a funeral to the Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who died last Friday (John Allen). Many young Filipino Catholics believe the Church is too involved in the country's politics, a major survey has found. Dan Browning profiles Jennifer Haselberger, the whistleblower taking on the American Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis. Jewish convert to Catholicism Michael Coren defends G K Chesterton against charges of anti-Semitism. And Pope Francis has sent money to an Italian pensioner after she wrote to him saying a thief had stolen her purse. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day
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