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Cross Wires: Sunday breaking news

The latest Catholic and ecumenical headlines

Pope Francis Beatifies 124 South Korean martyrs while in Asia (above at youth conference) and tells young Catholics to ‘wake up.’

Calls for peace from faith communities in US abound after shooting of Missouri teenager.

Catholic Tom Devine, Scotland’s leading historian, makes up his mind: It’s Yes to independence.

Two Irish nuns drown while on holiday at beach.

South Sudan official shuts down Catholic radio station.

Catholic school children in Sydney Archdiocese in Australia protest against asylum seeker policies.

—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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