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Cross Wires: Wednesday breaking news
The latest Catholic and ecumenical headlines.
TOP STORIES
Church leaders welcome Scottish Parliament (above) review of council education committee role.
Two Catholic orders in Northern Ireland apologise for abuse to children in homes they ran.
More than three quarters of the world’s population live in nations with ‘high’ or ‘very high’ government restrictions on religion, new survey finds.
UK AND IRELAND
Vigil held for former Catholic journalist killed in chess row in Dublin.
Police are hunting for a 16-year-old couple who fled their Catholic boarding school to elope to the Caribbean.
Christian street preacher arrested in Dundee.
English bishop for migrants calls on UK government to accept Syrian refugees.
VATICAN
US Secretary of State, John Kerry, visited the Vatican yesterday to discuss avenues to peace in the Middle East.
Papal Almoner celebrates funeral of homeless man.
Thrill to perform for Pope, circus performers say.
—Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog. Follow breaking news from the SCO through the day on Twitter at SCO_NEWS.