Scottland: Vatican calls halt to new bishops

The Vatican has called a halt to the appointment of any more Scottish bishops until a full investigation into the Cardinal Keith O'Brien scandal is completed by Rome. In the first known move in relation to the crisis since the election of Pope Francis, Scotland's leading Catholic bishop Philip Tartaglia was given the news at a meeting in the Vatican this week.

Cardinal O'Brien resigned from his position as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh two months ago amid confessions of gay sexual activity spanning decades. The move by Cardinal Marc Ouellet means three dioceses – Paisley, Dunkeld and Edinburgh – will not have their vacancies for a bishop filled. Another two with ageing bishops, Motherwell and Galloway, will not have their churchmen replaced.

(Photo: The Scottish bishops with Benedict XVI)

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G.Taylor
Please God we get new bishops who are men of faith and prayer who lead the faithful in prayer; adoration, prayer and praise in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Benediction and the Holy Rosary, then we will know the devil is on the run here in Scotland, but not before as we have had 30 years of mealy mouthed non-sense from the "pastors".
Please God we get men of faith who actually teach in and out of …More
Please God we get new bishops who are men of faith and prayer who lead the faithful in prayer; adoration, prayer and praise in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Benediction and the Holy Rosary, then we will know the devil is on the run here in Scotland, but not before as we have had 30 years of mealy mouthed non-sense from the "pastors".
Please God we get men of faith who actually teach in and out of season the one true faith.
Men who lead and rid our churches of the arrogance of chit chat after Mass in the presence of Almighty God, the non-sense of lay people touching the Sacred Species and all the attendant blurring of the role of the priest and laity.
Please God we get bishops who accept the retirement of all the tabernacle moving clergy and bring us missionary priests from Poland and Africa. Please God.
thelastconvert
Good!
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