Scottish Catholic Observer

Hundreds of disillusioned Anglicans are expected to defect to the Catholic Church in time for Lent.

http://tiny.cc/a8h1m

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

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8290522/Church-must-make-women-bishops-say-MPs.html

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.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hamill-report-publication-delayed-15068753.html#ixzz1CcEAvrAg

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

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bishop.angaelos.egypts.christians.dont.want.special.treatment.just.equality/27436.htm

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

http://www.thenews.pl/business/artykul148370_poles-to-spend-millions-on-jp2-beatification-ceremony.html

Terrorists plot murder of Catholic Pakistani government minister

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/report-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