The number of US Catholic adults fell from 59.1 million in 2010 to 58.6 million in 2016, according to a new analysis. Bishops in the Philippines have said that a divorce bill “might end up destroying even those marriages that could have been saved”. The Indonesian faithful are on alert for attacks during Holy Week. The Archdiocese of Mexico has welcomed a 62-year jail sentence for a clerical abuser. Joshua McElwee previews the pre-synod youth meeting in Rome. John Allen explains why the Vatican is intensifying its battle against gender theory. And Nicholas Wolfram Smith admires a soaring new cathedral in Knoxville, Tennessee. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.
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