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Cross Wires: Thursday headlines

The latest Catholic news and views

Cardinal Sean Brady (above), the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, said he would not resign as he responds to new but questioned accusations in BBC documentary that he failed 35 years ago to alert the parents of victims of clerical abuse.

Vatican issues new guidelines for Catholic charities under Caritas Internationalis umberella, bringing five-year revision process to a close.

Myanmar’s bishops are hopeful for the future after ‘historic the new step’ of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi swearing oath of office at Burmese Parliament.

The Vatican would like the Czech Church to play a bigger role in social and health care services, Czech Health Minister Leos Heger said after talks at Vatican.

Hundreds of families will lose out on subsidised transport to church schools after Cheshire East Council in England decided to scrap the bus services from this autumn.

OPINION

Michael Kelly on economic morality and religious leaders: ‘The charge of hypocrisy can be dismissed, the more they preach by example, the more weight their pronouncements will carry.”

Nick Garbutt: Wounds caused by Catholic Church in Ireland  still run deep.

—Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog

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