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Living the Papal visit dream

Posted on: August 27th, 2010 by Martin Dunlop

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


CAMERMAN STANDS NEAR POPE BENEDICT DURING 2008 WEEKLY AUDIENCE

BBC strike threatens Papal blackout

Posted on: August 6th, 2010 by Ian Dunn No Comments

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 calls for parishioners to help one another attend the forthcoming Papal Mass

Scots Catholics must show solidarity

Posted on: July 30th, 2010 by Angus No Comments

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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  • Health care professionals back Catholic midwives’ case against NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde over supervision of staff taking part in abortion.
  • Outcry as for-profit abortion clinics are allowed to advertise on television.
  • Cardinal O’Brien, Archbishop Conti of Glasgow, Bishop Emeritus Moran or Aberdeen and Bishop Joseph Toal of Argyll and the Isles join celebrations at St Bridget’s Church, Baillieston, for the golden jubilee of Mgr John McIntyre.
  • Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley led a solemn evening prayer at St Mary’s Church alongside Mgr Denis Carlin, parish priest at the Greenock church, and clergy from other churches to mark the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
  • The International Youth Pro-Life Conference, which has thrived in Scotland, is being held in England for the first time this March

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