Scottish Catholic Observer

Archbishop Antonio Mennini (above), the newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, will attend today’s conference in London where foreign ministers from nations involved in military action in Libya will discuss the next steps in the operation, protection of civilians and possibly humanitarian aid.

http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=4805

“Thank you, Holy Father, for your beautiful words of peace:’” testimony to Fides from the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli.

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=28668&lan=eng

The Commercial Court has ordered that a Dublin solicitor, whose brother ‘effectively embezzled’ money which had been bequeathed to the Catholic Church in Dublin, must pay back €1.5m to the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0328/oceallaigh.html

Apology but no new criminal case over 1976 shooting of Catholic girl, 12, in Northern Ireland.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0329/1224293299130.html

The incredible recovery of TV repair man Serge Francois, 40, is now set to become the 68th official miracle at Lourdes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370804/French-repair-man-completes-1000-mile-hike-miracle-recovery-paralysed-leg.html#ixzz1HwQKvce0

The head of the Orthodox Church in Cyprus, Chrysostomos II met with Pope Benedict in the Vatican yesterday to discuss relations between the two Churches and the difficulties facing Christians across the Middle East.

http://www.radiovaticana.org/EN1/Articolo.asp?c=473622

Sviatoslav Shevchuk enthroned as newly elected head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/100996/#ixzz1HwQu5TlB

Pakistani bishops ask Vatican to recognise Bhatti as a martyr for religious freedom.

Video: http://www.romereports.com/palio/Pakistani-bishops-ask-Vatican-to-recognize-Bhatti-as-a-martyr-for-religious-freedom-english-3781.html

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has announced that it has resumed relief operations in the troubled Sudanese province of Darfur, after warning that those operations might be closed down because of the Sudanese government’s suspension of CRS work.

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9751

Liberation theologist Jose Comblin dies in Brazil.

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1102ap_lt_brazil_obit_comblin.html

A representative of the media company owned by Fr John Corapi challenged the action to place the popular speaker on administrative leave from priestly ministry, saying that it was illicit under ‘several points of canon law.’

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1101226.htm

AND FINALLY

‘Lost’ Catholic sculpture housed at Glastonbury Abbey.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-12883699

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