The removal of Robert Mugabe is “an opportunity for the birth of a new nation”, Zimbabwe’s Church leaders have said. The Pope has urged Catholics to pray silently before Mass. John Allen asks if Cardinal Blase Cupich will now “try to envision a new way of leading the US Church”. Paul Moses critiques “champion Catholic-basher” Rodrigo Duterte. James Reginato asks if the Order of Malta’s clash with the Vatican was really about money. Fr Richard Gennaro Cipolla says calls for married priests are based on a “deliberate misunderstanding”. And Gregory DiPippo explains how the relics of St Josaphat ended up at the Vatican. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.