Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused two bishops of committing “hate crimes”. Cardinal Timothy Dolan has urged pro-lifers to rely on prayer as they face ”the powers of darkness”. Four bishops from Burma’s war-torn Kachin state have met military chief Min Aung Hlaing. The Angolan bishops’ conference has won a “decades-old struggle” with the government over its radio station. Rod Dreher responds to La Civiltà Cattolica’s critique of the Benedict Option. Ross Douthat suggests that “Europe is sort of a museum of Catholicism”. And Billy Ryan reveals the Christian origins of Bluetooth. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.