Scottish Catholic Observer

Holy Father at general audience: Psalms, universal prayers that speak the language of God.

http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=498295

Court bid by Christian Institute/CARE to halt ‘rushed’ anti-sectarianism bill in Scotland.

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/court-bid-to-halt-rushed-sectarianism-bill-2/

The nightmare returns: Three shot in Belfast’s worst night of sectarian rioting in more than a decade.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2006580/Belfast-riots-Three-shot-citys-worst-troubles-decade.html#ixzz1Q2qhlL5u

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice is meeting with management from Lanarkshire’s only young offenders’ unit, started by Catholic Church and now now run the Cora Foundation, to explain a decision that puts the future of the institution and its 259 staff at risk.

http://local.stv.tv/coatbridge/news/19984-justice-secretary-to-discuss-future-of-lanarkshires-only-secure-unit/

Ireland’s Catholic bishops have said there should be no doubt about the Church’s commitment to changing school patronage structures.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0622/education.html

Iceland’s Catholic bishop ‘taking accusations very seriously.’

http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2011/06/22/icelands-catholic-bishop-taking-accusations-very-seriously/

Spanish priests’ group protests corporate sponsorship of World Youth Day.

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10760

AND FINALLY

(Video) A new exhibition at the British Museum is displaying religious relics including fragments of the Cross and three thorns thought to be from Jesus Christs’ Crown of Thorns.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13875977

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