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The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

The Roman Catholic Bishops in Scotland work together to undertake nationwide initiatives through their Commissions and Agencies.

The members of the Bishops' Conference are the Bishops of the eight Scottish Dioceses. Where appropriate the Bishops Emeriti (retired) provide a much welcomed contribution to the work of the conference. The Bishops' Conference of Scotland is a permanently constituted assembly which meets regularly throughout the year to address relevant business matters.

Members of The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

EVENTS

Westminster debate and vote on Assisted Dying – Friday 29th November.

The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and the Catholic Parliamentary Office have commissioned this short documentary. Please WATCH & SHARE with friends, family, and particularly your local MP and MSPs.


"Do No Harm” is a short documentary which highlights some of the grave concerns around proposals to legalise assisted dying in the UK and Scottish Parliaments.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi3S2yp3hjY

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1029444718?share=copy

Please remember to share the documentary with family and friends, and on social media, and please use the hashtags #DoNoHarm and #RaiseYourVoice

Read the joint Statement from the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, and Scotland on Assisted Suicide: AS-Plenary-2024-Statement-FINAL.pdf

BISHOPS RELEASE STATEMENT ON FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION AND JUST TRANSITION


fossil fuels statementThe Bishops’ Conference of Scotland (BCOS) have released a statement encouraging world leaders to agree to and establish a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, committing all nations to a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels. The statement, which is released to mark the COP29 climate summit taking place in Azerbaijan from 11th – 22nd November, calls on Scotland to play its role in realising the common good by participating in a swift transition away from fossil fuels to protect people and our planet, both now and in the future, from further global warming caused by fossil fuel extraction. Crucially, in recognising the workers and communities in Scotland who rely on fossil fuel industries for their livelihood, the statement emphasises that any such transition must have justice at its core and ensure that no one is left behind, particularly those currently employed in this sector who must be ensured secure work in the move towards renewables. The full text of the statement can be downloaded here.

News from the Commissions and Agencies

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June 2024
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-06/pope-francis-angelus-feast-solemnity-saints-peter-and-paul-2024.html


During his Angelus address for the Solemnity of the Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis recalls how the Lord entrusted His Kingdom to St. Peter, who ...

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Bishop Gilbert represented Scotland in Belgrade at Meeting of European Bishops’ Conferences

CCEE Plenary Assembly
Belgrade, 24-27 June 2024

Final Communiqué

The Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, entitled "Pilgrims of Hope. For a Synodal and Missionary Church", was held in Belgrade between 24 and 27 June at the invitation of H.E. Msgr. Ladislav Nemet, Archibischop of Belgrade and CCEE vice president.

The proceedings, which began with greetings from the Archbishop of Belgrade and the Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia, H.E. Msgr. Santo Gangemi, continued with an examination of the current situation in Europe, elaborated in reports by H.E. Msgr. Mariano Crociata, Bishop of Latina and President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE); H.E. Msgr. Noël Treanor, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union; and Msgr. Marco Ganci, Observer for the Holy See to the Council of Europe. These were followed by speeches from the Presidents of the CCEE Commissions who presented their respective activities and programmes.

In his introduction, H.E. Msgr. Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop of Vilnius and President of CCEE, recounted the opening of the new CCEE headquarters in Rome, designed to strengthen the collaboration and exchange of European bishops with each other and with the Holy See and to give a new pastoral impetus and ecumenical momentum, especially in the Jubilee year and during the synodal journey.
In preparation for the second session of the Synod on synodality, President Grušas addressed the role that continental bodies and bishops' conferences can play in living and growing synodality. He also presented the initiatives in the ecumenical sphere that CCEE is pursuing: the update of the European Ecumenical Charter, signed together with the Conference of European Churches (CEC) in 2001, which in its new version is expected to be signed on Divine Mercy Sunday 2025, the year in which the date of Easter coincides for all Christians; and the first meeting with the Governing Council of the Permanent Conference of Eastern Orthodox Churches in Europe (OCE).
Finally, he called on everyone to prepare for the approaching Jubilee so that “it may be an event of grace for our communities and countries and an opportunity to witness that Christ is the only hope for mankind”.

H. Em. Card. Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, gave a talk on “The evangelising and missionary dimension of the Church in Europe” taking as his starting point the events of recent weeks, beginning with the European elections and the worldwide crises, which includes the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The key, for the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, starting from the Augustinian vision of the times, is to look at the Incarnation of Jesus, to be lived in the Eucharistic celebration, and to be carried into everyday life, taking care of the poor, migrants, those in need, but above all “putting into practice Jesus Christ's own way of loving”.

The Rev. Prof. Josef Sayer, pastoral theologian, gave a talk on Praedicate Evangelium. Consequences and Implications for Bishops’ Conferences and Continental Organisations. Analyzing the text of the new apostolic constitution promulgated by Pope Francis in 2022, which regulates the functions and tasks of Curia bodies, Prof. Sayer presented the new role of Bishops’ Conferences, with which curial dicasteries would be called to interface more regularly, even incorporating some of their initiatives.

During the proceedings, the bishops elected Rev. Antonio Ammirati, until now vice-general secretary and spokesperson of CCEE, as the new general secretary of CCEE for a five-year term. He takes the place of the Rev. Martin Michaliček, secretary general since 2018. To Fr. Martin, the bishops expressed gratitude for his availability and work over the years at the service of the Churches that are in Europe.

Also, an important moment was the meeting of the CCEE members with the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Porfirije.
On 21 September 2024, the International Day of Peace, the bishops call for a day of prayer for the victims of the war as well as to invoke peace in Ukraine, the Holy Land and Sudan.
The next Plenary Assembly will be held in Lisbon from 8 to 10 October 2025.

Belgrade, 27 June 2024


News CCEE Umanità e intelligenza artificiale: uno sguardo al futuro, l’impegno della Chiesa Sezione Comunicazione sociale A Lisbona l’incontro degli addetti stampa e portavoce delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa Si è tenuto a Lisbona, dal 14 al 16 maggio, l’incontro annuale dei responsabi...

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The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches reflects on the Pope’s speech to ROACO members and says the Eastern Churches are all victims of ...

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Your WEE VOTE can be a BIG VOICE! Please use it to fight injustice and build a better world.

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Please note that Saturday 29th June 2024 is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation in Scotland.

The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul has been transferred to Sunday 30th June 2024.

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Goodnight Facebook ❤️

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https://rcpolitics.org/assisted-suicide-committee-call-for-views/


‘We all have a duty to move always towards the truth, to respect it and bear responsible witness to it’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2467)

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From the 1st reading of the Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria
Could have been written for the run up to this election!
“Before God and before Christ Jesus who is to be judge of the living and the dead, I put this duty to you, in the name of his Appearing and of his kingdom: proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it. Refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience – but do all with patience and with the intention of teaching. The time is sure to come when, far from being content with sound teaching, people will be avid for the latest novelty and collect themselves a whole series of teachers according to their own tastes; and then, instead of listening to the truth, they will turn to myths. Be careful always to choose the right course; be brave under trials; make the preaching of the Good News your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service.”


Saint Cyril of Alexandria was instrumental in the Church’s doctrinal statement that there is one person but two natures in Christ. The practical implication of this teaching is that we believe that Jesus is truly God and truly human.

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https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/the-new-vatican-document-on-the-papacy-an-overview/


Overall, the contents of the DPCU's new document on the papacy demonstrates a marked step in the right direction.

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-06/ordinariate-bishop-david-waller-our-lady-walsingham.html


The Prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith celebrates Mass for the ordination of the first Bishop of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of ...

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