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Scotland’s national shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes was the target of an arson attack last weekend. The fire damaged several memorials at the shrine. Parishioners built the shrine by hand in 1922. The shrine welcomed more than 70,000 pilgrims a year, before the pandemic. Police are investigating the fire.
A digital Bible app, and a Quran app are no longer available in China, at the request of Chinese officials. The Bible app was removed by the company that created it, due to permit requirements. The Quran app was removed by Apple itself. Permit requirements have also tripped up Audible, the audiobook and podcast service owned by Amazon. Audible removed its app from the mainland China Apple store last month.
The Vatican has released new regulations for postulators. Postulators help guide the process behind the declaration of a saint in the Catholic Church. The new regulations clarify tasks and procedures. They aim to prevent conflicts of interest. Postulators can be clergy, religious men or women, or lay people.
Today is the feast of the Italian mystic, Saint Paul of the Cross.