The Scottish Catholic Observer is Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

's only national Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 newspaper, founded in 1885. It features ‘Home News’ of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland as well as regular International Church News and reports from the Vatican

Vatican City

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. The paper is owned by the Catholic Herald newspaper group.

Weekly editions contain local, national and international news, an opinion page, letters, education and reviews in addition to regular reader competitions. The paper also lists births, deaths and marriages across Scotland.

The paper carries regular features on Scottish Catholic life and history, weekly columnists alongside an Ecumenical coverage which keeps readers up to date with Scottish Inter-Church dialogue and projects.

The Scottish Catholic Observer was redesigned and relaunched in 2008 with editor Liz Leydon, a former Scotsman journalist, at the helm.

External links

• Scottish Catholic Observer Homepage
• http://scobserver.wordpress.com/