Chilean Bishop Juan Barros should “without a doubt” resign, Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago has said. Officials in China’s Henan province have warned Catholics not to take their children to Mass. Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi will lay the cornerstone of a new church in Qatar. Vatican Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran has met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Riyadh. Sandro Magister says a new book shows that Paul VI was disappointed by his liturgical reforms (Rorate Caeli). Fr Jim Sichko explains why he gave the Pope a bottle of bourbon. And Rome Reports has premiered a new documentary about Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.
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