Our age is marked by “a climate of mistrust rooted in the fear of others”, Pope Francis has said in his World Peace Day message (full text).
The Illinois attorney general has accused the Church of withholding the names of at least 500 accused priests.
The Chinese city of Langfang has banned Christmas decorations.
Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron has said he was “surprised and concerned” by the Vatican’s intervention at the US bishops’ November meeting.
Andrea Gagliarducci asks if February’s abuse summit will give “more responsibility” to bishops’ conferences.
Billy Ryan recalls the bombing of the Vatican.
And Peter Leithart looks beneath the “surface nihilism” of the Coen brothers.
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