Catholic Church

Agenda: Now is the time for hierarchy of Catholic Church in Scotland to show leadership

Saturday 18 May 2013

Three months of agony may well be over for the Scottish Catholic in the pew, now that the Vatican has finally taken action on the Cardinal Keith O'Brien affair.

Historic intervention represents shift in policy

Thursday 16 May 2013

What the Vatican has announced seems a much fairer outcome than the suggestion that he might be sent into exile permanently.

UAE citizens held over church blast

Thursday 9 May 2013

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said three of its citizens had been arrested in Tanzania in connection with the bombing of a church that killed two people and wounded six.

Memories of Roddy Wright

Wednesday 8 May 2013

Colette Douglas Home writes that Cardinal O'Brien "is old enough to remember a politician called John Profumo who was Minister for War" ("In time, O'Brien could still redeem his damaged name", The Herald, May 7).

Cardinal O'Brien does not deserve further punishment

Monday 6 May 2013

As a long-term critic of Cardinal Keith O'Brien I take no pleasure in his current predicament and unlike the Church that should have stood by him I believe he has suffered enough and should be left alone ("Cardinal ordered into exile by Vatican", The Herald, May 4).