Scottish Catholic Observer

Pope Benedict XVI urges European bishops to courageously evangelise. During the assembley Cardinal Erdo was re-elected president of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences.

Holy Father has met with Metropolitan Hilarion, the Russian Orthodox Church’s chief ecumenical affairs officer.

Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark warns Christians are penalised in British courts.

Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster celebrated the annual Red Mass, marking the first day of the legal year.

Constitution can guarantee rights, says Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin to mark the opening of the new law term.

Politicians and campaigners refute an academic study by Gillian Raab that claims sectarianism and religious bigotry are a ‘myth’ in modern-day Scotland.

Justin Fenton of Page\Park Architects will give a guided tour of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, on October 8 following its recent restoration.

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan and Catholic bishops in the US establish ad-hoc committee for religious liberty.

Archbishop Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli calls for aid following violence in Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi’s home town in Libya.

OPINION

Jennifer Fulwiler, on Mexican two-year marriage contracts, says a covenant is never temporary.

AND FINALLY

Sarah Pulliam Bailey: How an AP reporter found religion while covering scandal.

-Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer blog