Scottish Catholic Observer

House of Commons voted 557 to 13 last night to support the military intervention in Libya.

http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/6804688/the-commons-votes-to-support-the-intervention-in-libya.thtml?utm

“War does not solve anything,” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, where the people are fleeing in Libya.

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=28611&lan=eng

The maximum jail term for sectarian hate crimes in Scotland will rise from six months to five years under plans being considered by the Crown Office.

http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Maximum-hate-crime-jail-term.6737537.jp

US President Barack Obama plays visit to Brazil’s City of God. (Above) with his family touring the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

http://news.scotsman.com/world/US-president-pays-visit-to.6737483.jp

Gaza Strip: Israel launches air strikes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12814466?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Vatican urges support of Good Friday Holy Land collection.

http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-friday-collection-for-holy-land.html

Nuclear energy is an immense resource for man but the questions about its risks must not be neglected, says a Vatican spokesman.

http://www.zenit.org/article-32072?l=english

Vatican and Finance. The April Revolution.

http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1347168?eng=y

A shortage of churches has prompted Bishop Paul Xie Tingzhe of Urumqi in China to urge his faithful to build shrines for the whole family to pray at home, reports ucanews.com.

http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=25556

More clergy allegations? Strike the Shepherd: The Sheep need to pray, says Jennifer Hartline at Catholic Online.

http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=40768

Catholic nurses battle to stop deadly virus in Rajshahi Diocese in northwestern Bangladesh.

http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/03/21/catholic-nurses-battle-to-stop-deadly-virus/

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