editor of the Scottish Catholic Observer, Scotland's national Catholic newspaper. "The church can only apologize and make reparations while ensuring procedures are in place to stop such abuse from ...

The voting process to elect a new Pope gets under way in Rome later and for the second conclave in a row there will be no cardinal from Scotland taking part. Experts believe Scotland remains in the ...

"It is great news to see the biggest number of ordinations ... the national vocations office for the Catholic Church. He told the Scottish Catholic Observer that there seems to be a rise in ...

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CATHOLIC schools across Scotland are facing a recruitment crisis ... He told the Catholic Observer: “There is a general shortage of teachers across the country, but very particularly councils ...

In 2021, the influential weekly newspaper the Scottish Catholic Observer, which was independent of church influence was forced to close after 140 years with the loss of up to a dozen jobs.

One Friday evening last month, Keenan, who is also the bishop of Paisley, joined an ecumenical team of Rail Pastors as an observer ... Catholic and Premier Christianity magazine. In northeast ...

A Scottish cardinal who had earlier challenged ... story about sexual abuse in the church after the British newspaper The Observer reported that three priests and one former priest, as long ...

Whatever the future, Liz Leydon, editor of the Glasgow-based Scottish Catholic Observer, thinks the church's prospects are good. Falling church affiliations, she points out, don't necessarily ...