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Cross wires – Wednesday headlines

The latest Catholic news from home and abroad

Scotland’s new lord advocate, Frank Mulholland (above), pledges to crack down on sectarianism.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2011/06/08/scotland-s-top-lawman-declares-war-on-sectarian-hate-86908-23187755/

Archbishop Vincent Nichols to bless 600 married couples.

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18372

Christians support English Catholic adoption agency appeal.

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christians.support.catholic.adoption.agency.appeal/28115.htm

Vatican official pushes new child safety protocol at UN.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102245.htm

Christians in South Sudan under threat amid violence over independence.

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=29188&lan=eng

Canonisation cause opened for opus dei priest.

http://www.zenit.org/article-32789?l=english

Venezuelan bishops decry attacks on religious images.

http://www.zenit.org/article-32782?l=english

AND FIANLLY

Students at English Catholic school barred from exam because of unacceptable footwear.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/865644-gcse-pupils-barred-from-exam-for-wearing-wrong-shoes

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