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Bishop elect of Dunkeld in Scotland dies shortly before ordination service; last week he went to Lourdes to pray for his new diocese

April 11, 2024

The bishop-elect of Dunkeld in Scotland has died two weeks before his ordination service that was due to occur on 27 April. Only last week, Fr Martin had travelled to Lourdes on pilgrimage to pray for his new diocese. In a statement released 10 April, the diocesan administrator for Dunkeld, Canon Kevin Golden, announced the sad news:

The dangers of policing belief and the State trying to control our thoughts and values

April 11, 2024

Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act is part of a trend in the Western world for the State to police our thoughts and values. Designed to eradicate prejudice against groups who have historically suffered discrimination, and motivated by the new focus on gender identity, Scotland’s new law, and those like it, are ostensibly

The Glaswegian nuns who called the feminists’ bluff on abortion

February 12, 2024

One hundred and sixty. It’s a number etched on Sister Roseann Reddy’s heart. That is the number of babies saved from abortion since the Sisters of the Gospel of Life were formed on 1 January 2000. The Sisters of the Gospel of Life are based on the south side of Glasgow in Scotland. It is

Scottish Catholics fear proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban will lead to ‘State-approved’ suppression of religious freedoms

January 10, 2024

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Scotland’s Catholic Church is urging the Scottish government not to ban “conversion practices” directed at LGBTQ+ individuals, saying such a measure could create “a chilling effect and may criminalize advice or opinion given in good faith”. The Scottish government has launched a consultation on banning what it refers to as “conversion

Scottish Catholic group lambasts ‘world’s most extreme’ abortion ‘buffer zone’ legislation

December 14, 2023

A new bill in the Scottish parliament to introduce “safe access zones” around abortion centres has Scottish Catholics deeply concerned, and maintains an ongoing trend in the UK for introducing legislation supporting so-called buffer zones that suppress any form of concern for pregnant women and the unborn. Scottish Catholics are concerned the prohibitions of the

All reference to Catholic schools deleted from new Scottish sex ed guidelines as Church ‘wilfully ignored’ by government

November 13, 2023

The Scottish Government released new draft guidelines on the delivery of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood education to be applied in Scottish schools. The new guidance, which is issued under section 56 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000, is designed to replace earlier guidance issued in 2014. A public consultation on the draft

Kate Forbes has made the catastrophic mistake of admitting to being a Christian

February 21, 2023

It is fantastic when a Christian politician with orthodox views on human sexuality runs for leadership of a political party as it means that the media start to get very interested in the concept of sin. Reporters positively fall over themselves to ask the latest candidate whether they think gay sex is a sin. Tim

Bishops oppose Scottish bill on gender recognition

February 01, 2023

The Catholic bishops of Scotland have aligned them-selves with women’s groups in urging MSPs to throw out a Bill to permit sex change by self-declaration. They say they are “gravely concerned” that the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will pose a threat to women and girls from predatory males who self-identify as female and who