Colombia's FARC rebels have asked to meet Pope Francis in Cuba next month. Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart of Aleppo has thanked French Catholics for holding a day of prayer for persecuted Christians. Bishop Krzysztof Białasik has prohibited Communion in the hand in his Bolivian Diocese of Oruro. George Weigel says there's "an argument beneath the argument" that will be aired at this year's family synod. Robert Mickens suggests the Pope's trip to America "was never really conceived as a pastoral visit to the United States". Karl Keating, founder of Catholic Answers, argues that "not much seems to have changed" under Francis. And comedian Stephen Colbert has told GQ that his faith has kept him grateful in the face of tragedy. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.