January 31 | 0 COMMENTS print
Cross Wires: Monday latest news
Conversions through ordinariate expected to increase towards Lent; Government is set to delay publication of an inquiry into how police in Northern Ireland handled the sectarian murder of Catholic man Robert Hamill; Pope Benedict XVI honours Kwik Save founder Albert Gubay; Holy Father offers a prayer for the Holy Land (above); South Sudan referendum: 99 per cent vote for independence for Christian south from Muslim north; Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian minority could become increasingly endangered
Hundreds of disillusioned Anglicans are expected to defect to the Catholic Church in time for Lent.
The Westminster Government is being asked to remove the Church of England’s exemption from equality laws if it does not end the bar to women being made bishops
The Government is set to delay publication of an inquiry into how police in Northern Ireland handled the sectarian murder of Catholic man Robert Hamill.
Pope Benedict XVI honours Kwik Save founder Albert Gubay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-12323106
Holy Father offers a prayer for the Holy Land (Vatican dove release pictured above)
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=458398
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has said that Christian-Muslim dialogue must continue and is vital for peace
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/cardinal-tauran-dialogue-must-continue/
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton, a US lawyer, warns Egypt’s ancient Coptic Christian minority could become increasingly endangered should the protests against Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak drive him from power.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/29/fate-of-coptic-christians-in-post-mubarak-egypt-worries-some/
Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain, says Egypt’s Christians do not want special treatment, just equality
South Africa’s Catholics praying for ill Nelson Mandela
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/south-africas-catholics-praying-for-ill-nelson-mandela/
South Sudan referendum: 99 per cent vote for independence for Christian south from Muslim north
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12317927
Poles to spend millions on JP2 beatification ceremony
Terrorists plot murder of Catholic Pakistani government minister
Married couples should remain chaste, say Canadian Bishops
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2953577
—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog