In a letter to Prime Minster David Cameron, Bishop Philip Tartaglia has welcomed his acknowledgment of "the fundamental contribution of Christianity to British society".

Christmas and New Year Messages from the Archbishop of Glasgow

Pope Benedict XVI has reappointed Prof John Haldane to the prestigious role of Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM CARDINAL O’BRIEN :

CHRISTMAS 2011 

The Bishops'  Conference of Scotland have appointed Father Daniel Fitzpatrick, currently Parish Priest of St. James', Renfrew, to the post of Vice Rector of the Pontifical Scots College, Rome

Cardinal Keith O'Brien and Bishop Philip Tartaglia have today (Thursday 8 December) written to the First Minister and the Deputy First minister respectively seeking urgent clarifications on the Scottish Government's 'Same Sex Marriage' consultation.

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, former SNP leader Gordon Wilson, and Ann Allen of the Church of Scotland will be the keynote speakers at a pro-marriage rally outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday (30 Nov).

Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow has called for St Andrew’s Day to be made a national
holiday but warned against such a move being an “empty gesture”

Reacting to the publication of the Crown Office analysis, Bishop Philip Tartaglia, as President of the Communications Commission of the Bishops Conference of Scotland,  said:

Statement from Cardinal O'Brien on Commonwealth Heads of Government
declaration on the Royal Succession

To coincide with a national campaign launched across Scotland's Catholic parishes, Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow has released a detailed statement on the Catholic Church's position on the definition of marriage and its response to attempts to dismantle the definition.

Speaking after his meeting with the First Minister, Bishop Philip Tartaglia said; “I am grateful to the First Minister, for the opportunity to have raised these matters with him in a personal way. I share the concerns of the Scottish Government that sectarianism should be eradicated from Scottish society. Fears that the wide remit of the ‘Offensive Behaviour Bill’ might impinge on the freedom to hold and express otherwise inoffensive views appear to have been recognised and are being addressed.”

In a strongly worded submission to the Scottish Government on the Consultation on Same Sex ‘Marriage’, Bishop Philip Tartaglia, Bishop of Paisley argues that; "Marriage is an institution which does not owe its existence or rationale to governments or legislatures"

In a strongly worded article in today's Mail on Sunday newspaper, Cardinal Keith O'Brien calls on the Scottish Government, not to "demolish a universally recognised human right" by dismantling the meaning of marriage.

At their meeting in Edinburgh today, Scotland’s Catholic Bishops released a statement underlining their opposition to any attempt by the Scottish Government to undermine or redefine the meaning of marriage. 

Responding to the claim by Conservative Justice spokesman John Lamont, MSP
that Catholic schools contribute to the "state-sponsored conditioning of
sectarian attitudes" Catholic Church spokesman Peter Kearney, said;

Scotland's Bishops have asked the catholic community of Scotland to get involved in preparations for the 2012 Synod of Bishops on the subject of the "New Evangelization"

Pope Benedict XVI has nominated Abbot Hugh Gilbert as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen

Sunday 5 June 2011

Message for World Communications Day 2011

The Italian Cloister Garden next to St Andrew’s Cathedral Glasgow, will
be opened on Monday 16 May at 5.30pm.

Scotland’s newly elected parliamentarians meet together for the first
time tonight (Tuesday 10 May 2011) for the traditional “kirking” of the
new Parliament at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.  
Archbishop Mario Conti, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow,
will deliver the keynote address.

Reacting to the results of the Scottish Parliament Elections, Cardinal Keith O'Brien
has released the following statement;

In his Easter Sunday homily, to be delivered in St. Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh this weekend, Cardinal Keith O'Brien will call on scotland's Christians to unite "in the face of aggressive secularism to maintain our Christian heritage and culture in our great country"

Addressing a rally against nuclear weapons outside the Faslane Naval Base on the Gare Loch today (Saturday 16 April) cardinal Keith O'Brien will describe Britain's nuclear weapons programme as "shameful" and urge the British Governement, "do the right thing and give it up". Quoting the words of Pope Benedict XVI, he will say; "In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims."

At their meeting in Edinburgh on 12 April 2011, the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland released the following statement on the forthcoming Scottish Parliament Elections:

At their meeting in Edinburgh on Monday 11 April 2011, the Bishops of Scotland agreed to begin the introduction of the new English translation of the Roman Missal from Sunday 4 September. The full Missal will be in use throughout Scotland from the first Sunday of Advent (27 November).

The UK’s most senior Catholic has hit out at the British Foreign Secretary
for operating an “anti-Christian foreign policy”. Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s
comments come as the UK Government announced plans to double overseas aid to
Pakistan to more than £445 million, without requiring any commitment to
religious freedom for Christians.

An open letter from Cardinal O'Brien to Bishop Barry Jones, Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien has issued the following New Year Message for 2011.

Cardinal Keith O’Brien has offered his “sincere congratulations” to Mr Gerard Eadie and Mr Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow both of whom have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. In his statement, the Cardinal said;