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Cross Wires Monday headlines

The latest Catholic and inter-faith news

LIVE: Pope Francis delivers Christmas greeting to the Roman Curia.

Become a citizen of Bethlehem this Christmas.

A shortage of prison chaplains across England and Wales means that many prisoners will not be able to attend Mass on Christmas Day.

Abductors of two Catholic priests in demand ransom.

‘God’s architect,’ Antoni Gaudi considered for sainthood by Pope Francis.

AND FINALLY

Vatican newspaper slams Star Wars: The Force Awakens in unsigned review.

 

—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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