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Cross Wires: Thursday headlines

The latest Catholic and ecumenical news from Scotland and around the globe.

Pope Francis is to Confirm 44 people during Mass this Sunday. (Video).

Archbishop Fisichella presents two new events for Year of Faith.

Irish secularisation began long before the Second Vatican Council, says Dublin’s archbishop.

Catholic Church in Ireland outlines new child protection measures.

Questions remain regarding fate 
of kidnapped Syrian archbishops.

An urgent appeal for an end to the violence in Syria has been made by the Global Christian Forum.

Pope to Vatican Bank employees: If bureaucracy is first in line, the Church will become an NGO.

CSAN: Welfare changes are undermining family life in the UK.

AND FINALLY

Church of Scotland wants to make the Prince of Wales King of Scotland in separate coronation if Scotland become independent.

 

—Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog. Follow breaking news from the SCO through the day on Twitter at SCO_NEWS.

 

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