Scottish Catholic Observer

SCOTLAND

Good news on Day for Life: Fewer abortions being carried out in Scotland. Above, Archbishop Mario Conti celebrated a Mass for Life at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Glasgow last night. (Pic: Paul McSherry)

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/253562-fewer-abortions-being-carried-out-in-scotland/

Northern Ireland leaders speak out against Scottish sectarianism.

http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Northern-Ireland-leaders-speak-out.6777627.jp

Dumfries and Galloway MP Russell Brown is to meet the region’s chief constable to discuss concerns about a rise in sectarian offences in the region.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-13602553

VATICAN

Holy Father at general audience (video): “Moses speaks to God as a friend.”

http://www.romereports.com/palio/index.php?newlang=english

Pope’s address to Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation in full.

http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=41616

Pope Benedict XVI: sacred music a mark of Catholic identity.

http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=491943

INTERNATIONAL

Spain charges Salvadoran soldiers over Jesuit killings.

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18331

Assisted suicide among topics facing US bishops this month. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin will speak to the bishops about the International Eucharistic Congress to be held in his city in June 2012.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102142.htm

The Holy Father tells Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli: ‘Do not feel alone, the Church supports you especially through prayer.’

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=29134&lan=eng

AND FINALLY

A report recommending the closure of St Bede’s Catholic Science College in Boston, Lincolnshire, will go to the council on 7 June.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-13607096

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