Scottish Catholic Observer

SCOTLAND/UK

First National Grandparents Pilgrimage in Scotland in Carfin Grotto (above) on Sunday August 21.

http://www.sces.uk.com/news/2011/05/24/prayers-for-grandparents.html

Archbishop Mario Conti and Mgr McElroy to participate in the St John Gospel Experience.

http://www.agap.org.uk/archbishop-conti-and-mgr-mcelroy-to-participate-in-the-st-john-gospel-experience/

Tens of thousands of hours of CCTV footage have been seized by detectives investigating the murder of a Catholic policeman Ronan Kerr in Northern Ireland.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/bomb-probe-police-in-race-film-plea-16004113.html#ixzz1NMJWd100

VATICAN

Vatican newspaper article says condom campaigns increase AIDS risk.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102045.htm

Cardinal Tettamanzi sees VII World Meeting of Families catecheses ‘as a guide for dioceses around the world.’

http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2011/05/presentation-of-document-family-work.html

ABUSE

The Gardia are to examine allegations against Irish missionaries in Africa of child sex abuse made this week in an RTÉ television programme.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0525/1224297715926.html

Vatican ‘too slow to act’ on allegations against Dutch bishop.

http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/vatican-too-slow-act-allegations-against-dutch-bishop

The new report from CTS on the sex abuse crisis has been hailed as a great step forward in understanding this thorny issue by an academic.

http://ctscatholiccompass.org/new-from-cts/commendation/

Critics point to John Jay study’s limitations.

http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/critics-point-john-jay-studys-limitations

INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan is now in the hands of the Taliban, says priest.

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=29067&lan=eng

CAFOD: ‘Peace must be protected in Sudan.’

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18290

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