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Cross Wires: Wednesday headlines

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Bishops angered by George Osbourne’s (above) plans to charge VAT on church renovations.

SNP council election campaign claim to put families first questioned due to Scottish Governments support for same-sex ‘marriage.’

Syrian nun plays a key role in the ‘Medical Underground‘ during on-going civil war.

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YOUCAT becomes world’s best selling Catholic book.

Large scale exhibition of Blessed John Paul Il artifacts to open in New Orleans next year.

Church considering beatification for priest who tended to Nazi’s victims.

Catholic priest severely beaten by thugs in Vietnam.

Local priest speaks out against drug dealers in county Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Belief in God is strongest in Catholic countries new study finds.

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.

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