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Cross Wires: Monday headlines

The latest Catholic news from home and abroad

Do not forget your guardian angel, Pope Benedict XVI says.

Scotland’s anti-sectarian bill breaches civil rights, Labour MP Tom Harris (above) tells MSPs.

Irish Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore plays down suggestion of long-term damage in the Government’s relationship with the Vatican.

The prison adviser for the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales has accused those in the Church of failing as a faith community to stand alongside those in prison.

A report has revealed substantial problems in the way new media communications platforms treat religion.

Catholics in Poland celebrate what they see as a miraculous Communion wafer.

JPII Games: Israelis and Palestinians compete together for peace. (Video).

Dead wrong: Catholics must no longer support capital punishment.

The Vatican Gregorian Egyptian Museum will reopen again today.

-Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer blog

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  • SPUC launches petition in support of the Catholic midwives who are appealing against the Court of Session ruling that restricts their conscientious objections to working in the area of abortion.
  • Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School, Dumbarton, is up for best school and best headteacher as three Scottish Catholic secondary schools are nominated for national awards.
  • Sister Therese of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and Fr Thomas Wynne attend the unveiling of the commemorative plaque at Cille Choirill Church near Roy Bridge to St Mary of the Cross (MacKillop).
  • The role of parents as ‘first and best teachers’ is the idea behind the first Catholic Assembly of Parents at Carfin in August.

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