The bishops of war-torn South Sudan have issued an “urgent call for peace and justice”. The United Arab Emirates has entered a partnership with Unesco to rebuild two Catholic churches in Mosul. The Archdiocese of Sydney has opened the Cause of Eileen O’Connor. Rocco Palmo asks if we’re seeing the “revenge of the statues” at the Amazon synod. Austen Ivereigh previews his new book, Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church. Lisa Bright says the Australian Church’s Plenary Council 2020 is generating “mixed” reactions. And Manuel Rueda reports on a Venezuelan friar who has become “a viral sensation”. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.