Two years after Pope Francis gave the world’s Catholics the opportunity to make their views known on the mission of the Church in the 21st Century, the first of two Synod meetings will …
Tributes to Bishop Maurice Taylor RIP
The Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Maurice Taylor, died peacefully at Dundonald House Care Home, Dundonald, Ayrshire on 14th June 2023. He was 97 years old and a bishop for 42 years. Maurice …
New Social Teaching Engagement Officer appointed
The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland have announced the appointment of Anne Marie Clements as the new Catholic Social Teaching Engagement Officer for the National Justice and Peace Commission. Her remit will include; …
Pope appoints two Scottish members to Vatican’s Department for Evangelisation
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, to a five-year term as a Member of the First Section of the Dicastery for Evangelisation and Mr John Docherty, former head-teacher …
Requiem Mass for Susan Cassidy
The parish of St John’s Perth was rocked at the start of this year with the sudden and untimely death of their beloved Organist and Choir Mistress Susan Cassidy. She was 65. …
Civic Mass at St Andrew’s Cathedral
The Diocese of Dunkeld celebrated the Annual Civic and Academic Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, recently, with Bishop Emeritus Stephen Robson as Principal Celebrant, joined by Fr Gregory Murphy OP, Chaplain to the University of Dundee and Abertay University, …
Scotland’s Catholic Bishops urge Scottish Government to reject ‘expert’ report
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Government’s ‘expert’ advisory group on “Ending Conversion Practices”, Scotland’s Catholic Bishops have issued the following statement: The Church is pastorally sensitive to the experience of …
Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was Pope from April 2005 to February 2013, died earlier today aged 95. He was the second pope in history to visit the UK in 2010. The 2010 Visit began in Edinburgh on 16 …
Dunkeld welcomes the Marian Franciscans
The Lawside site, the original campus of Lawside Academy and the Mercy Convent has been up for sale for a good while now, as the Convent and Pastoral Centre have become sadly …