Scottish Catholic Observer

WORLD YOUTH DAY

Pope in Rio for WYD: ‘I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ!.’  (Above with President Dilma Rousseff).

Brazil bomb scare ahead of Pontiff’s sanctuary visit.

Holy Father met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Before leaving for WYD.

UK

Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth has written to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to congratulate them on the birth of their son.

The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow one year from today. Get your parish involved via More than Gold, website has prayer countdown.

Police who removed Gail Sheridan’s Rosary beads during filmed interrogation are cleared after two-year probe.

Christian councillors in the Highlands has vowed to fight any move to kick the clergy off the local authority’s education committee.

Mission for justice ’between the Sundays:’ 2013 annual conference of the National Justice and Peace Network (NJPN) for England and Wales.

INTERNATIONAL

A priest has been killed in the region of Baja California.

US bishops offer moral framework for trade agreements.

COMMENT

Damian Thompson: Our future King will be free to marry a Roman Catholic. Will he also be allowed to become one?

Harry Reid: Churchmen should speak out on poverty

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