Cross Wires: Thursday breaking news
The latest Catholic and ecumenical headlines from around the globe
TOP STORIES
New Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (above) pledges that complaints following Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s departure will be fully investigated. Pic: Paul McSherry
SCO editor Liz Leydon: “Leo Cushley is a respected and well-liked priest, who, according to his fellow clergymen ‘has all the qualities you would want from an Archdiocesan archbishop.’”
Up to 77 people were killed and 131 injured when a train derailed on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, the Catholic pilgrimage city in northwestern Spain.
WORLD YOUTH DAY
Emotional Pope offers first public WYD Mass in Brazil and calls for youg Catholics to shun materialism.
At Aparecida shrine during WYD, Pope recalls Latin American bishops’ call to evangelisation and has special meeting with group of nuns.
Pope to recovering drug addicts: The Church is with you, but you need the will to stand up. (Video).
Greeting to Pope From President of Brazilian bishops.
UK
Overseas aid ’must prove its value,’ MPs have said.
Church of England plans to force an online lender out of business—by competing against it.
VATICAN/INTERNATIONAL
Vatican envoy reminds UN of appalling losses in Syria’s civil war.
Tens of thousands of people have fled to avoid yet another wave of violence in the forests of the State of Jonglei, in South Sudan.
COMMENT
Was George really the ideal name for new Royal baby? Looking at his namesakes, George I leaped over about 50 Catholic relatives who were closer to the throne in 1714 because he was a Protestant. The Act of Settlement of 1701 disqualified Catholics from being monarch.
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I met Msgr. Cushley while walking down the street in Manhattan. He was quite personable and said he knew some of my family. A good choice for a difficult position.