Pope Francis has arrived in Thailand at the start of his week-long Asia trip. A mob has attacked hunger strikers inside a cathedral in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. Bringing priests from Africa to Britain is “robbing developing countries of their talent”, a deacon has said. Kerala’s bishops are launching a new online service to help widows remarry. Allen C Guelzo asks if Just War theory “has made any measurable difference in shaping the conduct of war”. Matthew Boudway hails a play that makes “the arguments of conservative Catholics intelligible and compelling to a mostly liberal, mostly secular New York audience”. And Fr James Schall SJ recommends a “counter-cultural” book. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.