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Cross Wires: Thursday breaking news
The latest Catholic headlines from around the globe
BRITAIN AND IRELAND
English, Welsh bishops respond to legalisation of same-sex ‘marriage ’ with religious freedom reminder.
Secular campaigners in Scotland repeat call for a change in the law to stop religious representatives sitting on council education committees.
Fr Francis Duffy on his appointment as Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois. Cardinal Brady’s statement.
Sectarian chants during the Cliftonville/Celtic Champions League qualifier angered many football fans watching the game live on television.
The Parades Commission is to issue a ruling later on a proposed Orange Order parade in north Belfast on Saturday.
VATICAN/POPE
Pope Francis to receive Cross signed by 10,000 Colombian youth.
Pope on the road: Vatican does detailed planning but expects surprises.
Look at the Holy Father’s way of communicating and the role of social media.
Vatican Radio: Mandela Day: inspiring individuals to take action to help change the world for the better.
INTERNATIONAL
Holy Land: President of Caritas Jerusalem describes Gaza as an ‘open-air prison.’
Indian bishops back food security bill.
100 years since the arrival of the first Orionini missionaries in Brazil.
COMMENT
David Willey: The Vatican Bank scandal.
AND FINALLY
Society has made divorce ‘too easy’ former England cricket star believes.
—Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog. Follow breaking news from the SCO through the day on Twitter at SCO_NEWS
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