Scottish Catholic Observer

VATICAN

Vatican rejects call for Pope’s resignation

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Vatican+rejects+call+pope+resignation/3611486/story.html

Cardinals invite world to join Pope in prayer vigil for unborn

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinals-invite-world-to-join-pope-in-prayer-vigil-for-unborn/

Vatican bank readies court action over funds

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbc93d4c-cdc3-11df-9c82-00144feab49a.html

Pope asks young people to learn from beatified Focolarina

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1003927.htm

Vatican names delegation to investigate Regnum Christi

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16837

INTERNATIONAL

Silvio Berlusconi filmed telling jokes depicting Jews as money-grabbers and using Italian language’s most offensive religious oath

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/03/silvio-berlusconi-under-fire-jokes

Vice President Joe Biden joined five Supreme Court justices to attend Sunday’s annual Red Mass, the Roman Catholic service for the courts that has drawn criticism in recent years.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-red-mass-court,0,5058295.story

Next steps proposed to attract new generations to religious life in the USA

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1004014.htm

Spain readies for Papal visit

http://www.zenit.org/article-30531?l=english

‘Theology of the Body’ a hot topic

http://www.ministryvalues.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1176&Itemid=125

NATIONAL

New Bishop of Shrewsbury is hoping for long career

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-11458884