The Amazon synod’s working document “testifies to the emergence of a post-Christian Catholic theology”, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has claimed. Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to an ailing nun. Federal agents are investigating a fire that destroyed a 125-year-old Texan church on Monday. George Weigel deplores “Stalinistic acts of intellectual brigandage against the theological and pastoral heritage of Pope St John Paul II”. Massimo Faggioli says a 1954 essay by Karl Rahner “can throw much light on our present situation”. Fr Neil Xavier O'Donoghue discerns “a new liturgical abuse”. And Gualberto M Laput profiles a priest who evangelises from from 10,000 feet. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.