July 23 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS     print icon print

24-GAIL-SHERIDAN

Cross Wires: Monday headlines

The latest Catholic news and views

Police apologise to Catholic Church in Scotland over Gail Sheridan’s (above) treatment.

Pope Benedict XVI’s shock at ‘senseless violence’ at Denver cinema shooting.

Holy Father blesses the Olympics as hope for peace.

Pope’s butler moved to house arrest.

Cardinal Keith O’Brien joined around 300 Justice and Peace campaigners from across England and Wales for their annual conference, which this year focuses on China.

Catholic organisation Human Life International: Flooding the developing world with contraceptives and abortifacient drugs to reduce population growth is a false and dangerous solution, promoted by organisations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Political corruption, public sector reform and the future of the Catholic Church in Ireland will all be debated at the MacGill Summer School, which opens today in Glenties in Donegal.

World Youth Day in Rio begins a year from today.

OPINION

What can Catholics learn from Ramadan?

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.

 

 

Leave a Reply

latest opinions

Cross Wires: Monday headlines

July 30th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

The latest Catholic news and views...


Cross Wires: Friday headlines

July 27th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

The latest Catholic news ...


Catholics must rally to save marriage

July 27th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Clergy will go to prison rather than perform an act...


God cannot be rushed so He is asking us to wait, to be patient

July 27th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

By Fr Ronald Rolheiser...



Social media

Latest edition

PAGE1-JULY-27-2012

exclusively in the paper

  • Aberdeen Diocese returns from Lourdes pilgrimage.
  • Paisley Catholics concerned over changes to Renfrewshire funeral services.
  • Mary McGinty reflects on family bereavements and says ‘we were all in it together until the end.’
  • Christine Glen discovers The Byrnes’ music bridges generational and geographical gaps.

Previous editions

Previous editions of the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper are only available to subscribed Members. To download previous editions of the paper, please subscribe.

note: registered members only.

Read the SCO