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Cross Wires Sunday headlines

The latest Catholic and inter-faith news

Pope Francis calls for nuclear weapons ban on on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (above) 70th anniversary.

Knock shrine: New York pilgrims take first flight to Irish Catholic site.

Bishop Lynch voices concern over humanitarian crisis in Calais.

Five Bearsden churches have come together to install a potentially lifesaving defibrillator outside a church hall.

Pupils facing disruption after closure of Holy Family Primary School, on the border between Lenzie and Kirkintilloch.

Iraq: “Our vibrant Church life is dissolving before our eyes.”

AND FINALLY
Meet the Maryland deacon building the Pope’s altar.

—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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