Scottish Catholic Observer

SCOTLAND. ENGLAND, IRELAND

Fr John Dear SJ, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and advocate for peace and nonviolence, took part in the Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh last night.

Ireland’s future ‘needs to be authentically Catholic,’ Papal nuncio (above centre) says in address at Knock.

Catholic church in Ireland preparing for priestless parishes.

SPUC Pro-Life offers its condolences on the death of Tony Nicklinson.

VATICAN

Lebanon: great hopes on Pope’s visit amid ongoing preparations.

INTERNATIONAL

Over 12 thousand Christian faithful ‘starving’ in the village of Rableh in Syria.

The most senior US Catholic cardinal is to give a Benediction at the Republican National Convention next week in Florida.

Shanghai seminaries are told they cannot re-open until further notice.

Copycat ‘band’ disrupts Mass at Cologne cathedral.

Taiwan’s Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi dies at 88.

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.