Excitement builds for Pope’s arrival as details, including Susan Boyle’s performances, emerge, altar, lectern, Niamh Quail, Neil Reid
Excitement builds for Pope’s arrival as details, including Susan Boyle’s performances, emerge, altar, lectern, Niamh Quail, Neil Reid
Confirmation that global singing star Susan Boyle will perform at Bellahouston Park as part of the Papal visit celebrations tops an exciting week for Scottish Catholics eagerly awaiting the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI next month. The Church announced on Wednesday that the Britain’s Got Talent finalist from Blackburn in the... read more
Television coverage in doubt as corporation staff will vote on industrial action on September 9
FEARS are growing that strike action at the BBC could prevent Scottish Catholics from watching the Papal visit live on television. The National Union of Journalists, Bectu, Unite, Equity and the Musicians Union are balloting members on strike action over the corporation’s plans to cut £50 million from staff’s pension funds. The... read more
BISHOP Philip Tartaglia of Paisley has called on Catholics to help their fellow parishioners to attend the Papal Mass at Bellahouston.
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“I think it is fair to regard your parishioners who go to Bellahouston Park as in some way representing your parish at the Papal Mass,” he said. “I accept that you may not be able to meet the cost of your allocation from your ordinary parish budget. I therefore encourage... read more
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