Scottish Catholic Observer

Watch out for An Island Parish (above), new 12-part fly-on-the-wall TV series about three Hebridean island priests, starting tonight on BBC2 at 7.30pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12248165

Australia’s first saint St Mary of the Cross, who has Scottish roots, is being entrusted with prayers after Australia’s floods, the country’s ‘biggest disaster ever’

http://www.zenit.org/article-31520?l=english

Ordinariate in Australia expected by Pentecost

http://www.zenit.org/article-31516?l=english

Pope Benedict XVI’s second book on Jesus due out March 15

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/popes-second-book-on-jesus-due-out-march-15/

Gearing up for another Papal bestseller

http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/gearing-up-for-another-papal-bestseller/

One of the more underreported aspect of the introduction of the ‘new’ Mass to be rolled out in Advent this year is the requirement for new musical settings for the various Mass parts. Report from US.

http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=3816

Pope’s call for interfaith day of prayer provokes debate

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/popes-call-for-interfaith-day-of-prayer-provokes-debate/

Holy Father encourages young people to drive cautiously

http://www.di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&Action=1&NewsId=80423&newscategory=31

Proclaiming the Gospel to the university world: European Congress

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=28142&lan=eng

Cardinal Levada brings Pope’s greetings to Bangalore (local report in words and pictures)

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=217654

New social networking site for churches

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=17497

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