Scottish Catholic Observer

Be joyful shepherds, trust your laity, be concrete, Pope Francis tells bishops.

Beatification of El Salvador’s Oscar Romero (above) next Saturday a turning point for Catholicism.

As violence spirals, Salvadorans look to Archbishop Romero as example.

Irish bishops issue multiple statements on same-sex marriage referendum.

Bishop Mark Davies likens western abortion culture to Aztec human sacrifice.

Church needs women’s voices, input, experiences, Holy Father tells religious.

Hispanic-Mozarabic Rite Mass celebrated in the Vatican for the fourth time in history. (Video).

Church in Angola to foster Catholic ethos in its schools.

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