The Church must help to overcome "suspicion and prejudice" against immigrants, the Pope has said in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in January (full text). Francis told Spanish bishops earlier this year that Church teaching on Communion for the remarried cannot change, Bishop Demetrio Fernández of Córdoba has said. We must "see mercy as essential" to Christian life, synod participant Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said. Joseph Shaw and Rorate Caeli pay tribute to traditionalist writer Michael Davies, who died 10 years ago today. Rocco Buttiglione urges Pope Francis to read economist Friedrich Hayek. Gregory DiPippo shakes his head at plans to remodel St Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin for the third time in less than a century. And Italian singing nun Sister Cristina Scuccia is preparing to launch a Christmas album. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.