Scottish Catholic Observer

Priests need military escort in Cameroon after Boko Haram raids.

Patriarch of Baghdad urges all Muslims to condemn violence.

Do not over-complain when there is real tragedy in the world, warns Pope Francis.

New Bishop of Salford, England, (above) accepts appointment with trepidation.

Vatican official at UN calls for change in attitudes to African refugees.

Beatification case for first African American Chicago priest heads to Vatican.

Pope Francis calls gossip ‘the worst bomb in the Vatican.’

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