Scottish Catholic Observer

The real reason for Easter holiday is the resurrection of Our Lord says Pope Benedict XVI in Easter Monday Regina coeli.

Vicar General Maronite Patriarchate on Holy Father’s visit to Lebanon.

Australia’s Cardinal Pell (above right) and celebrity atheist Professor Richard Dawkins go head to head on evolution, resurrection and eternal damnation.

Papers reveal John Major’s Government knew claims of Labour-run Monklands council’s spending bias in favour of largely Catholic Coatbridge were untrue but continued with inquiry.

Dublin first as Irish Church prepares to hand over its schools.

Controversy over the silencing by the Vatican of Irish Redemptorist priests Fr Tony Flannery and Fr Gerard Moloney grows.

Catholics urged to imitate St Thomas More in US contraception battle.

Live your faith in the marketplace, Cardinal Peter Turkson tells business leaders in France.

Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet will be Papal Legate at the 50th International Eucharistic Congress.

AND FINALLY

Archbishop George Stack of Cardiff has launched an appeal to raise money for a new school hall.

- Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer‘s blog