Leaders at St Paul’s Cathedral last night praised the ‘overwhelming support’ shown by Daily Mail readers for the drive to create a new national memorial to Britain’s Covid victims.
Readers have given more than £115,000 towards the memorial since the Mail launched the Remember Me campaign to help build it at the weekend, smashing the £100,000 milestone in less than 72 hours.
The cathedral is planning a magnificent new entrance and chapel with screens showing a virtual book of remembrance immortalising the names and pictures of those lost to the coronavirus pandemic.
It is hoped the memorial – which will be open to those of any faith or none and will feature a grand oak portico engraved with the words ‘Remember Me’ – will become an important place of pilgrimage for generations to come.
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CNA Staff, Apr 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The president of the Bishops Conference of Scotland on Wednesday deplored the Irish government s disturbing public worship ban.
In an April 28 statement on behalf of the Scottish bishops, Bishop Hugh Gilbert criticized new regulations on public worship, approved April 12, which effectively criminalize Mass with a congregation in Ireland.
The statement marked a rare intervention by a bishops conference on matters in a neighboring country.
Gilbert, the bishop of Aberdeen, said: Recent developments that penalize the celebration of Holy Mass have been disturbing not only to the Irish bishops conference but also to the bishops of Scotland.
CNA Staff, Apr 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm America/Denver (CNA).
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland on Wednesday deplored the Irish government’s “disturbing” public worship ban.
In an April 28 statement on behalf of the Scottish bishops, Bishop Hugh Gilbert criticized new regulations on public worship, approved April 12, which effectively criminalize Mass with a congregation in Ireland.
The statement marked a rare intervention by a bishops’ conference on matters in a neighboring country.
Gilbert, the bishop of Aberdeen, said: “Recent developments that penalize the celebration of Holy Mass have been disturbing not only to the Irish bishops’ conference but also to the bishops of Scotland.”
The Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, has been remembered as a man of “great human warmth” at his funeral service. The 70-year-old, who had served as archbishop since 2012 and was one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church in Scotland, died on January 13 after contracting Covid-19. His funeral mass was held at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow on Thursday. The archbishop tested positive for coronavirus shortly after Christmas and had been self-isolating at home. Bishop Hugh Gilbert, president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, said in his homily: “The image that comes to me is of a great tree felled unexpectedly in the middle of the night – storm Covid.
Pictures: Archdiocese of Glasgow/Flickr THE Archbishop of Glasgow has been laid to rest in a funeral service at St Andrew s Cathedral. Philip Tartaglia was described as a great tree felled unexpectedly in the middle of the night and someone who touched so many lives during the Covid-19 restricted ceremony this afternoon. Close friends and family came together to mourn the loss of the Glasgow man while thousands watched the funeral mass online. Bishop Hugh Gilbert, president of the Bishops Conference of Scotland, said: Don t we wish this wasn t happening. Don t we wish we weren t here. Don t we wish this wasn t happening in the way it does have to happen.