Cardinal Pell’s legal team has accused Victoria’s crown prosecutors of “mischaracterising” his appeal. Work has begun on the “largest seating capacity Catholic parish church” in the United States. The theme of the next March for Life in Washington, DC, will be “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman”. Edward Pentin explores the “intrigue and mystery” behind the resignation of Vatican police commander Domenico Giani (John Allen, Robert Moynihan). Fr Benedict Kiely explains “why the martyr’s witness is so important in a post-truth world”. The Right Scholarship blog asks if Francis is “the Seraphic Pope of a dawning seventh age of the Church”. And a revered icon of Christ lost in 1927 has been returned to St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.