Labour’s treatment of Catholics has doomed the Union
I was born in 1963, and it seems likely that I will live to see the break-up of the United Kingdom. A few years ago I would not have been of this opinion, and back in the 1980’s it really did seem that...
View ArticleCardinal O’Brien is surely right about Scottish independence from England:...
I don’t know if there is any link between the current controversy over Scottish independence and the views of Scottish Catholics. To put it another way; what proportion of Scottish Catholics support...
View ArticleHow the EU has doomed Scottish independence
The Sunday Times, which is safely behind a paywall, has an interesting article by Jenny Hjul on the vexed question of Scottish separatism. Ms Hjul concludes that the movement for independence is...
View ArticleScotland’s archbishops urge Catholics to vote in referendum
Scotland’s archbishops are urging Catholics to vote in next month’s independence referendum. Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow and Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh both issued...
View ArticleI am part-Scottish and part-English, and I think we are better off sticking...
Scotland’s two Archbishops have written to all the faithful north of the border urging them to vote in the referendum on independence, as reported in this paper. While urging participation in the...
View ArticleScottish bishops welcome independence referendum result
Scottish Catholic bishops have welcomed the results of the independence referendum and commended the huge turnout. In a statement released this morning, the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland said it...
View ArticleChurch can help Scots pull together
A leading Scottish church official said the Church will “bridge the gap” between both sides in the wake of Scotland’s decision to remain part of the United Kingdom. Fr Tom Boyle, assistant general...
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