Scottish Catholic Observer

Cardinal Keith O’Brien has accused the UK government of operating an ‘anti-Christian foreign policy’ ahead of the release of the Scottish  launch of Aid to the Church in Need’s report on persecution.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12738479

Japanese bishops to discuss how to help victims. The Bishop of Sendai: “Our mission is to bring hope.”

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=28561&lan=eng

Pope John Paul II Beatification (above): YouTube and Facebook initiatives.

http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=469837

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/johnpaul2

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/vatican.johnpaul2

Pope, Vatican officials begin Lenten Retreat

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9592

Germany’s Catholic bishops kneel down, ask for forgiveness over clergy’s abuse

http://tinyurl.com/4loryvx

Deacon Jack Sullivan discusses his miracle cure that led to the beatification of Blessed John Henry Newman.

http://www.thegoodcatholiclife.com/2011/03/14/program-0004-for-monday-march-14-2011/

The Holy Father’s possible visit to the Republic of Ireland next year could see him cross the border for the first time and visit Northern Ireland, a Foreign Office memo has suggested.

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/document_hints_at_ulster_papal_visit_1_2499062

The national Day of Prayer for Dementia on March 19 ‘is a way of highlighting the daily struggle that many people experience just to keep going on life’s path and it is a good opportunity for us to ask Our Lord to strengthen them on their pilgrimage of faith,’ according to Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham.

http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/Catholic-Church/Media-Centre/press_releases/Press-Releases-2011/National-Day-of-Prayer-for-Dementia

Church officials are in talks with a Catholic religious order to reopen a landmark Wirral church.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12732140

Glasgow Archdiocese on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/GlasgowArchdiocese

Archbishop Mario Conti’s Lenten Station Masses in Glasgow.

http://www.rcag.org.uk/

A report from the Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People on Child Sex Trafficking in Scotland must be a wake-up call to everyone in Scotland, according to the Convener of the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council.

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/14321

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