Scottish Catholic Observer

New plan to end catchment row over top Catholic secondary school

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/new-plan-to-end-catchment-row-over-top-secondary-1.1086901?localLinksEnabled=false

Deacon Keith Fournier says US President Barack Obama’s decision to no longer defend marriage is a threat to the common good and must be opposed.

http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=40477

Holy Father blesses St Maron statue (above), sign of communion, peace and reconciliation

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-blesses-st.-maron-statue-sign-of-communion-peace-and-reconciliation/

Vatican: First we must reform our lives, then the Church, says Pope Benedict XVI

http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=49086&t=Vatican:+++First+we+must+reform+our+lives,+then+the+Church,+says+Pope

More than 300,000 young pilgrims to participate in ‘Days in the Dioceses’ in run up to World Youth Day in Madrid

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/more-than-300000-young-pilgrims-to-participate-in-days-in-the-dioceses/

Strong earthquake puts Diocese of Christchurch ‘out of action’

http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=14312

US archdiocese says only priests can preach before Communion.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/116785153.html

AND FINALLY

‘Providence’ at hand during filming of The Way starring Martin Sheen, about the pilgrimage route from the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela, says writer-director Emilio Estevez, his son.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100748.htm

—Cross Wires is the Scottish Catholic Observer newspaper’s blog