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Cross Wires: Wednesday latest news

Security fears in Egypt; desperation in Tunisia, Polish joy at beatification news; Vatican letter from 1997 on abuse in Ireland proves controversial

The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church cancelled celebrations for the Feast of Epiphany on Tuesday over concerns for the safety of the country’s Christians after a New Year’s Day bombing that killed 23 people.

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE70I04420110119

Tunisian archbishop: ‘uprising shows desperation of people’

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=17486

Joyful Polish Catholics make travel plans for late Pope’s beatification (above)

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100198.htm

On 100th anniversary of the association, Pope Benedict XVI says the founding inspiration of the Teresian Association was an idea to give renewed courage in an exacting Christian life.

http://www.zenit.org/article-31501?l=english

Vatican letter from 1997 letter advised Irish bishops to follow canonical law on abuse

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/19/ireland.church.scandal/

The Vatican saw 1300 misdemeanor crimes committed last year

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=01&dd=17&nav_id=72174

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

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