BY Miriam Carnan | June 10 | 
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Cross Wires: Friday latest news
Catholic headlines from home and abroad
Cardinal Keith O’Brien became the first Catholic cardinal to visit the traditionally Presbyterian island of Lewis to celebrate a Mass to celebrate 50 years of the first Catholic parish on the island since the Reformation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-13716147
Following the Holy Father’s call for members of Caritas Internationalis to be true their Catholic roots, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster spoke to the Caritas Network Conference explaining the thinking behind the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales recent decision regarding the development of Caritas.
Prime Minister David Cameron pays tribute to murdered Catholic police officer Ronan Kerr.
The ordination of a Chinese bishop not backed by the Vatican has been postponed, his diocese said Thursday, but China’s national state-controlled Catholic church said the move was still under review.
The increasingly insecure Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has savaged catholic bishops for what he said continued criticism of his tyranny through their pastoral letters and accused them of peddling the MDC agenda.
Caritas extends emergency programme in Japan after earthquake.
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/PressRelease08_06_11.html
COMMENT
David Cameron is not the first leader to find himself profoundly at odds with one of his country’s leading cleric, writes Michael White.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/09/rowan-williams-pm-priest-ruler
AND FINALLY
Father of nine from Devon in England preparing to be ordained Catholic priest.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/father-of-nine-preparing-to-be-ordained-catholic-priest
—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog
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