Ten of thousands of people attended the March for Life in Washington DC yesterday on the 39th anniversary of Roe v Wade. Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Jos has said that the terrorist group Boko Haram is "destroying the hope of a united Nigeria". Petros Efthymiou, president of the parliamentary assembly of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OCSE), met senior Vatican officials yesterday. Dave Pierre offers an example to support his contention that the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), lawyers and the media are conspiring against the American Catholic Church. Theologian Fr Robert Barron responds to the viral video "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus". And blogger Orbis Catholicus Secundus posts a rare photo of Pius XII in a dentist's chair. I would like to wish readers a happy feast day of St Francis de Sales, patron saint of writers and journalists