Scottish Catholic Observer

Holyrood’s justice committee to probe anti-sectarianism bill.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13844313

Plea for calm as rioters clash in Short Strand, Belfast. The rioters were said to be attacking nationalist homes and St Matthew’s Church on Bryson Street.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/plea-for-calm-as-rioters-clash-in-short-strand-16014174.html#ixzz1PtnK5AzI

New Archbishop of Cardiff, George Stack, is installed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-13829181

Brentwood welcomes seven new Ordinariate priests.

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18456

UN to get Vatican report on Church treatment of children.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/14-years-on-UN-to-get-Vatican-report-20110620

Seminarians want to be ‘part of the solution’ in addressing abuse issue.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102458.htm

The 84th Meeting of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO) began today in the Vatican.

http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=497940

Hungary has condemned an attack on a Catholic theological institute in neighbouring Romania that left its ethnic Hungarian rector briefly unconsciousness.

http://www.bosnewslife.com/17224-news-alert-hungary-condemns-attack-against-catholic-institute-in-romania-rector-injured

AND FINALLY

Celtic fan George Galloway said he wanted to focus on the ‘anti-Catholic and anti-Irish bigotry’ in Scotland by telling Neil Lennon’s story in new book.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2011/06/21/george-galloway-to-lift-the-lid-on-neil-lennon-with-new-book-86908-23216382/

—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog