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Cross Wires: Tuesday headlines
The latest Catholic news from home and abroad
Scholar and papal biographer George Weigel (above) slams critics of Pope John Paul II’s fast track to sainthood.
Detailed look at John Paul II’s beatification process.
Video link: http://www.romereports.com/palio/index.php?newlang=english
Pope Benedict XVI has hailed an Italian association that combats child abuse, encouraging it to continue raising awareness throughout the Catholic Church.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Pope+hails+child+group+work/4673244/story.html#ixzz1KcPK51KH
Catholic Church will be represented by Cardinal Keith O’Brien and English and Welsh senior clergymen at Royal wedding. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110425/life-features/several-senior-catholic-figures-to-attend-the-ceremony.362196
The royal wedding will highlight the values underpinning Christian marriage, Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in England and Wales, has said.
http://www.bearsdenherald.co.uk/news/royal_wedding_highlights_values_1_1594480
A Catholic priest in Derry has offered to meet members of splinter group the Real IRA, after the dissident Republican extremists threatened to kill more members of the police force in Northern Ireland.
http://www.u.tv/News/Catholic-priest-offers-to-meet-Real-IRA/30ec1787-a4ee-4d7b-8dff-b5ab24525e1a
The England and Ireland-based St Barnabas Society gives close to £100,000 to help Anglican priests make the transition into the Catholic Church.
Court stops installation of Catholic bishop in Nigeria.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/court-stops-installation-of-catholic-bishop/
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James MacMillan: The Orangeman’s favourite sociologist crops up in the Guardian, of all places.
—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog
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