Fr Tobias Okoro, parish priest at St Fergus’, Forfar, and St St Anthony’s, Kirriemuir, has announced that the Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, planned for Autumn 2020, has been postponed due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic. Fr Tobias said, “this pilgrimage would have taken place in October this year. But due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, it has been postponed …
During his historic visit to Japan last year, Pope Francis declared that “the use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral, just as the possession of atomic weapons is immoral”. Seventy-five years on from the unprecedented and horrific destruction of life at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are called to reflect prayerfully upon the UK’s own possession of nuclear …
The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has responded to the Scottish Government’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Bill. In a submission to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee the Conference has stated that any new law must be ‘carefully weighed against fundamental freedoms, such as the right to free speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of thought, conscience and religion.’ The …
Scotland’s Catholic Bishops have approved the preparation of a new Lectionary (a book of readings used at Mass) to update and replace the three volume Lectionary in use in the dioceses of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland for almost 30 years. The current Lectionary was first published in 1981 using the Jerusalem Bible (1966) as its base text. Commenting …
Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) welcomed St Andrew’s Cathedral parishioner Maita Crowe as a new Board member at the Catholic charity’s recent virtual annual general meeting. Maita joined Glasgow-based James Muir as new additions to the Board and their appointments are a boost to the charity as it adapts its ministry supporting seafarers and fishers during the Covid-19 pandemic. …
On the Feast of Saint Bonaventur, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, at their first public Mass since the pandemic lockdown.
Scotland’s Catholic Bishops have welcomed the First Minister’s comments today (Thursday 9 July) on places of worship and have announced the resumption of communal worship in Catholic parishes from 15 July. Commenting on the move, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, Bishop Hugh Gilbert said; “Over the past month, our parishes have been preparing for the safe resumption …
Pope Francis has named Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti as Apostolic Nuncio in Great Britain. The Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain is the diplomatic office of the Holy See in Great Britain. It is headed by the Apostolic Nuncio who has the rank of an ambassador. Archbishop Gugerotti was born in Verona in Italy, on 7th October 1955 and consecrated a priest of the …
The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has released the following statement on the Scottish Government’s decision not to allow places of worship to open for communal worship until 23 July at the earliest: “The Scottish Government’s decision not to allow places of worship to open for communal worship until 23 July at the earliest, while allowing pubs, restaurants and cinemas to …