Scottish Catholic Observer

Cardinal Vincent Nichols (above): Britain must be more ‘generous’ to desperate refugees.

Attack on religious education in Scotland: “One step to reducing… inequality would be to remove unnecessary religious segregation from our school system.”

At least 100 schools in England, many state faith schools, accused of pressurising parents to contribute financially to budgets.

Israeli Catholics demonstrated to protest government budget cuts for Church schools as President Reuven Rivlin flew for his first official visit to the Vatican at the invitation Pope Francis.

In the secular age, it is crucial for people of faith to stick together.

Transgender Catholics can’t be godparents, Vatican rules.

US nuns’ abortion message message to Pope Francis.

Holy See on UN’s 2030 agenda for sustainable development.

Beatification cause planned for victims of bombing in Baghdad cathedral.

Bishops of Orissa, India,  have decided unanimously to establish ‘Martyrs Day’ to remember 2008 massacres.

Catholic Church supports striking Indian workers.

—Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog. Follow breaking news from the SCO through the day on Twitter at SCO_NEWS.