National Geographic has revealed the results of scientific tests on Jesus’s burial place. Catholic actor Eduardo Verástegui could run in Mexico’s 2018 presidential elections. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has apologised to a priest for “any false or inaccurate statements”. Former Vatican bank president Ettore Gotti Tedeschi has explained why he signed the “filial correction”. Massimo Faggioli says that the “death of Catholic intellectual life in the Western world may come even sooner than we think”. Joseph Shaw argues that Catholics are confusing “rule-breaking moral courage with rule-breaking self-indulgence”. And Adam DeVille asks what lies behind the “increasing fascination with, and use of, icons by Western Christians”. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.
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