Scottish Catholic Observer

International

Cardinal Jaime Ortega (above) welcomed Cuban President Raul Castro to the opening of the first new seminary in Cuba since Castro’s revolution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11692404

The head of the scandal hit Vatican bank has met with the Italian financial minister.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9J8P2N00.htm

Voting for politicians who support abortion can never be justified Cardinal-designate Raymond L Burke has said.

http://www.therecord.com.au/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2069&Itemid=28

A vicious Mexican drug lord has built a chapel dedicated to Pope John Paul II

http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/24-hour-world-news/article239648.ece

Vatican

Pope tells Catholics that Christ can remove the “garbage” from the soul.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/christ-cleanses-conscience-of-garbage-pope-says/

The Pope has asked for prayers ahead of his trip to Spain this weekend

http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=zenit&id=30834

National

A derelict Catholic Boys school in Belfast has been burned down with the police suspecting arson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11691023

A Church of England report has accused members of the previous Labour government of believing people of faith were ‘sub-rational’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8102811/Religiously-illiterate-politicians-treat-all-faiths-with-suspicion-says-CofE.html

—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog