Frank Cooney
Obituary of Frank Cooney, church worker and factory manager; born August 13, 1920; died November 9, 2007. Frank Cooney, who has died aged 87 after a long illness, lived all of his life in the Clydeside village of Blantyre. In his concern for the social and spiritual well-being of his community, however, he imbued the [...]
Kirk induction service to take place in Roman Catholic church
A “quirky yet welcome” event is set to take place within the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Perth this Wednesday evening. New minister Allan Wilson is to be ordained to serve the Bridge of Earn area churches of Dunbarney and Forgandenny. However, Wednesday’s ordination and induction service is expected to attract such significant numbers of [...]
Brown has surrendered to anti-Catholic lobby says bishop
A senior Roman Catholic bishop has launched a fierce attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown over his failure to pledge reform of Britain’s anti-Catholic laws. In a strongly-worded letter to him at Downing Street, the Right Rev Joseph Devine, Bishop of Motherwell in Scotland, accuses the Prime Minister of compromising his beliefs in justice, virtue [...]
End of an era
A greatly respected and much-loved parish priest has retired after serving the local community for more than 20 years. Father Gus Hurley (78), parish priest at Holy Family and St Ninian’s Church, came to Kirkintilloch in 1987. Ordained in 1954, he travelled to Glasgow for his first post establishing a new St Augustine’s Church in [...]
Salmond’s move on organ donation fuels debate on ethical dilemma
First Minister Alex Salmond and his deputy Nicola Sturgeon have both indicated their support for presumed consent for organ donation at the SNP’s annual conference. Charities and patient organisations, while backing moves toward a system of presumed consent, caution it will have to be supported by additional resources and major awareness-raising campaigns. Ben McKendrick, policy [...]
God's architects
Gavin Stamp salutes the quiet revolutionaries who built their reputation by reimagining how churches should look – specifically, the partners in the Glasgow architectural practice of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. Buildings mentioned include St Paul’s RC Church, Glenrothes; St Bride’s RC Church East Kilbride; St Benedict’s, Drumchapel; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dennistoun; St Peter’s [...]
Relic of St Andrew gifted at peace dialogue
Religious and political leaders from five continents gathered earlier this week for a dialogue on peace in Naples, Italy. The event was organised by the Catholic community of Sant’Egidio and included a Eucharistic celebration conducted by Pope Benedict. Signs of goodwill among religions and denominations at the Naples meetings included a relic of Saint Andrew [...]
Too many abortions: Lord Steel
Lord Steel, architect of the 1967 Abortion Act, says today that abortion is being used as a form of contraception in Britain and admits he never anticipated “anything like” the current number of terminations when leading the campaign for reform. The Liberal Democrat peer, whose bill legalising abortion in certain circumstances marks its 40th anniversary [...]
Roman Catholic leaders call for 'change in hearts and minds' over abortion
Abortion robs everyone of their future, the heads of the Roman Catholic Church in England Wales and Scotland said today, but they acknowledged that it would never be abolished altogether from British law. In an open letter, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and his Scottish counterpart, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, plead for “a change in minds and hearts” [...]
Open letter on the 40th anniversary of the Abortion Act
The leaders of the Catholic Church in Scotland and England and Wales have today sent out an open letter on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act to the Catholic community in Great Britain. The letter, signed by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, and Cardinal Cormac [...]
