Editor writes... News started to come through to me earlier this evening that Archbishop Nolan has further reduced the TLMs in Glasgow, by suppressing the Mass in the Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Balornock. I asked around to see if it really was "news" or simply rumours. Sources, Sources, Sources, was the theme of...
Editor writes... The final Catholic Truth Conference took place in the Burnside Hotel on Saturday, 25 March, 2023. As promised, the three talks will be published on the blog this week, on three consecutive days. Below, the first of the three talks, this one on the climate "emergency" is published, and sparked a lively debate,...
From The National Newspaper... ANTI-ABORTION campaigners have begun 40 days of protests across Scotland and have been pictured targetting a hospital in Glasgow. Supporters of the international 40 Days for Life campaign gathered outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) on Wednesday morning holding signs containing anti-abortion messaging. The organisation aims to “end abortion locally through prayer...
From The Daily Sceptic... Rev. William Philip writes... On Thursday I had an ‘SOS’ phone call from a friend asking whether a group could possibly hold a conference at our church in the centre of Glasgow on Saturday. The reason for such a last-minute request was that the group – Hands Up Scotland (HUS) – had...
From the Scottish Catholic Media Office... Scotland’s Bishops Mourn the death of Archbishop Mario Conti 8 November 2022 Commenting on the death this evening of Archbishop Mario Conti, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, Bishop Hugh Gilbert, Bishop of Aberdeen said: “It was with great sadness that we learned today (8 November 2022) of the death...
Editor writes... I'm frequently asked if Archbishop Nolan of Glasgow is going to end or reduce the provision of traditional Latin Masses (TLMs) in the light of the papal document Traditionis Custodes. As yet, he has not seen the benefits of confiding in my unworthy self, but The Grapevine has it that the archbishop is meeting...
From the BBC... Serial killer Peter Tobin has died in hospital, at the age of 76. He was convicted of raping and murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk, 23, and hiding her body under the floor of a Glasgow church in 2006. He was also serving life terms at HMP Edinburgh for the murders of 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton...
Father Stephen Dunn asks that we note and share the following information... This week, in the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bridgeton, G40 4AU [pictured]. Wednesday is ASH WEDNESDAY: day of fast and abstinence, i.e. NO meat and only one full meal plus two collations. Traditional Latin Mass is at 6.45pm on Wed evening. FRIDAY...
There will be Holy Mass in Sacred Heart, Bridgeton, Glasgow, on 1 January, 2022, at 12 noon, with confessions heard before Mass 11am - 11.50am. All Welcome. Click here for SSPX Masses in the UK on New Year's Day...
Pope Francis has written a letter to the Catholics of Scotland which you can read here Now click here to listen to a podcast of a sermon entitled The Deceitful Teaching of Demons delivered on 7/11/21 by Dr William Philip, the Senior Protestant Minister at the Tron Church in Glasgow. He mentions Pope Francis at...
