"The gate that is Jesus is never closed," Pope Francis said in his Angelus address yesterday (video). Archbishop Georg Gänswein has denied claims that Benedict XVI resigned following a mystical experience, according to Vatican Insider (report in Italian). Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai has suggested that "there is a plan to destroy the Arab world for political and economic interests", Vatican Radio has reported. The Prince of Wales has given a "substantial" donation to a campaign to restore a Scottish church granted special status by the Pope in the 14th century. Vandals have ransacked a church in Utah, smashing a statue of the Sacred Heart and stamping on a portrait of the Pope. Rod Dreher, Matthew Franck, Sam Rocha and Robert Royal respond to Joseph Bottum's argument in favour of same-sex marriage. And the BBC suggests that a significant number of Hispanics in the United States are abandoning Catholicism for Islam (video) Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day