Just as between England and Ireland, our relationship after independence would be less distorted by mutual resentment
Cardinal Keith O’Brien is joined by the Lord and Lady Provost and High Constables of the city
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The new Bishop of Aberdeen “could not have had a better preparation than to have been the Abbot of Pluscarden Abbey”
Fr Chris Boles celebrates a thanksgiving Mass marking 11 years of service
Cardinal O’Brien meets mainly Filipino crews on container ships resting at the port
Cardinal O’Brien celebrates Mass for the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Poor Clares
Why are we giving hundreds of millions to brutal regimes like Pakistan and northern Sudan?
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Benedict XVI ‘asks God to relieve suffering’ in New Zealand after a massive earthquake kills at least 75 people, with 300 still missing
Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips