Scottish Catholic Observer

TOP STORIES

Vatican court rejects some evidence in trial of butler Paolo Gabriele (above).

Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.

The identity of a mysterious figure carved on an iconic ­Pictish stone slab will be ­revealed this week as being one of Scotland’s earliest depictions of Jesus.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Bitterly divided Belfast stays peaceful as 30,000 Unionists march through Catholic streets without clashing with protesters.

Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor: “I don’t feel we’re a nation of unbelievers.”

The ‘crucified’ football player is blasphemous: Brazil’s bishops protest.

VATICAN

The Holy Father gets ready to preside at the Solemn Mass for the opening of the Synod of Bishops and to appoint two new Doctors of the Church on October 7.

Vatican in row over ‘drunken tourist herds’ destroying Sistine Chapel‘s majesty.

OPINION

Michael Kelly: It is not Pope’s butler who’s on trial – public’s trust in Church is really at stake.

AND FINALLY

Scottish NeverSeconds school dinners blogger Martha Payne who helped Mary’s Meals in Malawi.

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.