Scottish Catholic Observer

Brave Anton McManus (above) has another big day after blessing from Pope Benedict XVI in Scotland. (Pic: Paul McSherry)

http://www.wishawpress.co.uk/wishaw-news/local-wishaw-news/wishaw-news/2011/05/25/brave-anton-has-another-big-day-after-blessing-from-pope-76495-28755378/

Zimbabwean demagogue Robert Mugabe was able to dodge an EU-wide travel ban to attend the Beatification of Pope John Paul II in Rome because the Vatican is not a member of the EU, it has been revealed in the House of Commons.

http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/local/pope_mugabe_axis_raised_1_2716013

George Alancherry, Bishop of Thuckalay diocese in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, is the new head of the Syro-Malabar Church, the largest of the three Catholic rites in India.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/May/international_May1186.xml&section=international&col=

Michel Roy, elected secretary general of Caritas Internationalis.

http://www.zenit.org/article-32689?l=english

Joe Feuerherd, 48, editor-in-chief of the National Catholic Reporter, died Wednesday after battle with cancer.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-05-27-Feuerherd_Catholic_obit_ST_N.htm

Gerald Steinacher’s controversial new book claims the Red Cross and the Vatican helped thousands of Nazis escape after the Second World War.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8539981/Red-Cross-and-the-Vatican-helped-thousands-of-Nazis-escape.html

Wartime Pope gains unlikely ally-a US rabbi has taken up cause pf promoting Pope Pius as a friend to Jews.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/51849041-80/pius-silver-jews-pope.html.csp

Vatican calls for stronger assistance to victims of piracy.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102084.htm

Fr Riccardo Seppia, arrested for alleged sexual abuses on minors, will be questioned in jail in Genoa today.

http://www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201105261945-cro-ren1086-paedophile_priest_questioned_for_second_time_tomorrow

Catholic and Anglican members of a 10 day dialogue meeting in Italy are winding up their work with a call to revitalise the ecumenical journey.

http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=490453

Rather than allow unmarried people or same-sex couples to adopt or foster children, Catholic Charities of Rockford, Illinois in the US has announced yesterday that they would stop providing foster care services.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/26/catholic-charities-in-roc_n_867755.html

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