Jesus assures us that “we are always in time to heal the evil done with good”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). Nigeria’s bishops have criticised “attacks coming from some higher levels of the Church” against Pope Francis. Archbishop Charles Scicluna has delivered a “pointed message” to politicians on Malta’s Independence Day. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will baptise 450 street children on Saturday. Mother María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas will be beatified in Grenada on November 9 (Spanish report). Jeremy Roebuck asks who will succeed Archbishop Chaput in Philadelphia. And Joseph Pearce argues that there are “many encouraging signs of a genuine Catholic literary revival”. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.