Scottish Catholic Observer

Vatican confirms May 16 date for publication of advice on guidelines the existence of which was revealed in Cross Wires yesterday- to prevent, respond to abuse.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1101865.htm

The Catholic Church in Ireland’s child protection watchdog reveals that it was not told until recently of over 200 new allegations of clerical child abuse received by Church authorities in the year ended March 31.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0511/breaking46.html

New nuncio’s first address to English and Welsh bishops: full text.

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2011/05/11/nuncios-first-address-to-english-and-welsh-bishops-full-text/

Christian peace campaigners blockade Scottish nuclear base.

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18208

Campaign launched by Family Rosary International aims to unite people worldwide in praying the rosary for the success of World Youth Day.

http://www.zenit.org/article-32546?l=english

World Youth Day visa ban frustrates young Catholics from Pakistan.

http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/05/11/visa-ban-frustrates-young-catholics/

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) , sounds ‘ecumenical keynote’ during first official visit to the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/14743

Catholic professors in US petition House Speaker to rethink the Republicans’ budget that they say disproportionately harms the poor.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54792.html#ixzz1M5YjGOsi

In the US, Rhode Island politicians yesterday backed a resolution calling for a pardon for the last person hanged in the state, Irish-Catholic immigrant John Gordon.

http://newsblog.projo.com/2011/05/house-backs-bid-to-pardon-last.html

Comment

New blog: Taking education seriously by Leonardo Franchi who is based at the school of education at Glasgow Univesrity. His special interests are religion and culture.

http://takingeducationseriously.blogspot.com/2011/05/lost-tools-of-learning.html

And finally

New Australian Bishop, a theologian who studied and worked Scotland, to model himself on Holy Father.

http://www.therecord.com.au/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2541&Itemid=27

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