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Cross Wires: Wednesday headlines

The latest Catholic and ecumenical news.

TOP STORIES

105th Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, who will secede Dr Rowan Williams (above) is to be named today.

Pope Benedict XVI names record number of women to Synod on New Evangelisation.

Uruguay to become second country in Latin America to legalise abortion.

VATICAN

Holy Father sends blessing to meeting of indigenous priests in Columbia

A new documentary film will feature unseen footage of the Second Vatican Council.

Benedictine Abbots look for ways to promote vocations at summit in Rome.

INTERNATIONAL

Christian leaders appeal for calm after Muslim mob burns down Church in northern Pakistan.

Of the 280 Christians taken hostage in Syria this week, local media report some have been released.

Hindu extremists drive Christians out of rural villages in India.

AND FINALLY

Warrant issued for Stirling teen who snipped finger off statue of John Knox.

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.

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