Scottish Catholic Observer

VATICAN

Pope: anniversary of solemn liturgical rite of inauguration to Petrine ministry.

The coordinator of the Papal visit to Lebanon was part of a Lebanese Church delegation to come to Rome this week to fine-tune preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s September 14-16 journey.

SCOTLAND, UK

Disgraced council candidate Lyall Duff who resigned from the SNP over an attack on two Catholic midwives is continuing to campaign for the party.

Catholic Justice and Peace stands up at Glasgow rally against threat to refugees.

Court rules to move grave of Polish priest Fr Jozef Jarzebowski in Oxfordshire.

INTERNATIONAL

WYD 2013 in Rio replaces Days in the Diocese with Missionary Week (video) and the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro says the youth of Brazil are energetically preparing for the events with prayer for the fruits and graces of the event.

China: over 22,000 baptisms on Easter Sunday.

Bishop William Skylstad, a former president of the US bishops’ conference, believes that the Eucharistic Congress is the solution for today’s anxious and frenetic society.

OPINION

Irish Church hopes that the Eucharistic Congress will mark road to recovery.

TODAY’S ‘MISSING THE POINT AWARD’ GOES TO…

Lancashire’s secularists are being urged to wear a ‘Happy Human’ badge at work in direct reply to Cardinal O’Brien’s call for Christians to wear a Cross to counter attacks on Christian values.

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.