Scottish Catholic Observer

Patriarch of Jerusalem (above centre) says the Pope will definitely visit the Holy Land next year, but the date is not set.

Spokesman for the Egyptian Church says 300,000 Christians have left the country since the Arab Spring.

Archbishop Diarmiud Martin of Dublin says Church leaders were ‘all too slow’ to respond to abuse complaints.

Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster says the Pope’s Evangeii Gaudium is ‘inspiring.’

Historian Tom Devine says the problem of  Scottish secterianism is ‘moving in the right direction.’

Bishops of the Philippines maker pastoral statement in wake of typhoon.

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