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Cross Wires: Thursday headlines
The latest Catholic news
SCOTLAND
Alex Salmond (above) is under more pressure to disown SNP candidate Lyall Duff, suspended over comments on Catholic midwives, after post on Jews and Muslims.
A Danderhall, MidLothian man becomes the first member of the Catholic Church in Scotland to receive a collection of Royal Maundy coins from the Queen.
Michael Kelly: The Catholic voice is at its strongest when its leaders are prepared to speak out and give a lead on moral issues.
NATIONAL
Oxford University to preserve 1.5 million pages of Vatican library text by digitising and posting freely online.
Richmond-upon-Thames council faces legal action over plans to set up Catholic schools without inviting rival bids.
South London vicar leads half his congregation in converting to Catholicism.
INTERNATIONAL
Catholic Church in US received 594 credible claims of abuse last year, US bishops confirm.
Victims of collapsed Church in Benue, Nigeria, to be buried on April 20.
New smart phone app launched for World Youth Day (WYD) Rio 2013.
Catholic Voices USA, based on a UK programme from Pope Benedict’s 2010 visit to England and Scotland, is seeking volunteers to defend Church teachings.
OPINION
Greg Sheridan: Cardinal Pell’s performance in debate with Richard Dawkins was a revelation.
Mathew N Schmalz: A new Catholic conversation on sex?
Is SSPX homecoming imminent or are traditionalists facing showdown with Vatican?
Yale Professor Carlos Eire: What Pope Benedict XVI got wrong in Cuba.
-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.
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