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Cross Wires: Thursday latest news
Pontifical Council for Migrants hears fate of seafarers from Glasgow-founded charity the Apostleship of the Sea; Vatican cardinal: Adopted children need both a father and a mother; Divorce rates at lowest since 1974; Is a follow-up document on Summorum Pontificum due?; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting the Vatican; Teen pop idol Justin Bieber and his mother on faith...
Seafarers worldwide have always faced a difficult life marked by long periods away from loved ones, but increased globalisation has given rise to new challenges, including difficulty with communication and human trafficking, the Apostleship of the Sea (founded in Glasgow) told the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers. Above, Bishop Peter Moran of Aberdeen with clergy and guests at the AoS 90th annivesary Mass at St Aloysius Church, Garenthill, Glasgow, last October.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100641.htm
President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Cardinal Ennio Antonelli: Adopted children need both a father and a mother
Divorce numbers lowest since 1974
Follow-up document on Summorum Pontificum due soon?
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9286
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting the Vatican today for talks with Pope Benedict XVI and Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15962278&PageNum=0
Pope Benedict XVI prays for peaceful elections in Nigeria
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/pope-benedict-xvi-prays-for-peaceful-elections-in-nigeria/
Confirmation of Papal visit costs in government report
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9282
The first phase of a major scheme of repair is due to commence Catholic architect Augustus Welby Pugin’s magnificent St Augustine’s abbey church in Ramsgate, Kent, thanks to a generous grant of £110,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage.
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=17675
AND FINALLY
In a recent interview with Catholic Online, Justin Bieber’s mother Pattie Mallette said that she ‘brought Justin up in the Faith’ http://www.catholic.org/ae/music/story.php?id=40340. Now the teen pop sensation shares his own views on sex before marriage and abortion
—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog
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