Scottish Catholic Observer

Vatican announces key points in four areas on how to celebrate Year of Faith, including using new media and art to evangelise. (video)

Celtic boss Neil Lennon (above) receives sectarian death threats from prison officer on Facebook.

Philippine president warns of possible terrorist attack on huge Catholic procession in Manila today.

Egypt’s Coptic pope Shenouda III celebrates Christmas with call for unity.

Holy Father among the top 10 most admired men in the US, and only non American.

Haitian quake survivors leaving camps for a place they can call home.

Philadelphia Archdiocese in US plans to close about a quarter of its Catholic high schools, hitting 48-49 schools.

US Cardinal Francis George’s apology for linking homosexual rights activists to the Ku Klux Klan the prompts a group tha planned to protest outside Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago yesterday cancelled the protest.

OPINION

Francis X Rocca: Calm and collected: Amid crisis, Vatican diplomacy shows ‘maturity’ ahead of the Holy Father’s annual address to diplomats, expected today.

Scott Alessi: Renewing the debate over a married priesthood.

AND FINALLY

Kevin McKenna enjoys an insightful and wonderfully written account of the fierce rivalry between Glasgow’s two football clubs.

- Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer blog