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.

EVENTS

Christian communities all over the world will come together to celebrate the Season of Creation and to care for our common home next month.

The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland’s Care of Creation Office is hosting two events across the season, which runs from 1^st September to 4^th October which are open to all.

News from the Commissions and Agencies

July 2024

28Jul

Bread Left Over: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

28 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://stpaulcenter.com/audio/sunday-bible-reflections/bread-left-over-scott-hahn-reflects-on-the-seventeenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/

Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people.Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with

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27Jul

JO: les évêques français déplorent «les scènes de moquerie du christianisme» - Vatican News

27 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2024-07/eveques-france-jeux-olympiques-scenes-derision-moquerie.html

Dans un communiqué publié le lendemain de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux olympiques qui s’est déroulée sur la Seine vendredi 26 juillet, la ...

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27Jul

'Attack on Christianity!' Fury as Paris Olympics reimagine The Last Supper as DRAG - 'They wouldn't do this to Islam!'

27 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.gbnews.com/news/
Please express your concern to the French Consulate in Edinburgh

Drag queens parodied Leonardo da Vinci's depiction of The Last Supper during the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics

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26Jul

How Dutch Law Got a Little Too Comfortable With Euthanasia

26 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/noa-pothoven-and-dutch-euthanasia-system/591262/

The story of a 17-year-old’s assisted death wasn’t real—but it could have been.

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26Jul

Why the Dutch are euthanising physically healthy young adults – and could the UK be next?

26 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/08/dutch-euthanasia-healthy-children/

The Netherlands was the first country to legalise assisted dying but critics are starting to worry about the consequences

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26Jul

In the midst of Olympic craze in Paris, Notre Dame guide's advice is: Watch the beauty of the cathedral

26 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.ncronline.org/culture/midst-olympic-craze-paris-notre-dame-guides-advice-watch-beauty-cathedral

"I do not teach Catechism. I let the works speak for themselves. The cathedral is a Catechism in itself," said 80-year-old Notre Dame de Paris volunteer guide Marie-Françoise Ousset.

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26Jul

More than 200 Christian leaders sign letter calling for cease-fire in Gaza

26 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.ncronline.org/news/news/more-200-christian-leaders-sign-letter-calling-cease-fire-gaza

"We speak out as Christian leaders with a deep concern for the common good for all affected by war and conflict without exception," reads the letter, which was organized by Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition of Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches based in Washington. Besides a cease

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26Jul

How poverty, not pain, is driving some disabled Canadians towards medically assisted death

26 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://youtu.be/ZD0O_w3HzJg?si=yzsblfLzIofvYObC

Editor's note: In Jan. 2023, Lester Landry, an advocate in this story, was arrested in Medicine Hat. It's estimated more than four in 10 Canadians living in ...

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25Jul

Photos from Bishops' Conference of Scotland's post

25 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

A few pics from the Camino

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25Jul

African faith leaders join pleas for Jubilee debt forgiveness - Vatican News

25 Jul, 2024 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-07/african-faith-leaders-join-pleas-for-jubilee-debt-forgiveness.html

Christian and Muslim African religious leaders address a joint statement to the G20, G7, United Nations, IMF and World Bank calling for debt relief ...

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