California’s Crystal Cathedral will be dedicated as Christ Cathedral today. Rome authorities are cracking down on “skip-the-line vendors” outside the Vatican Museums. Hopes for a patriarchate for Ukrainian Greek Catholics are rising, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk has said. George Demacopoulos says that the Pope’s decision to give relics of St Peter to the Ecumenical Patriarchate is “nothing short of remarkable”. Massimo Faggioli argues that "devout schismatics" are emerging as a new force. Fr Brendan Hoban asks what Ireland’s Leo Varadkar really thinks of priests. And Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II has baptised 564 children in a single ceremony. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.