Caritas Cup Rome 2025✅ What a day for all involved! Here is some of the team below. Thanks to Caritas and all at Scots College, Rome for participating and assisting with the organisation. A day that will live with us all for years. Coverage via EWTN Global Catholic Network

In a society marked by solitude, where radical individualism has shifted the emphasis from “us” to “me”, resulting in a deficit of real concern for others, sport – especially team sports – teaches the value of cooperating, working together and sharing. These are at the very heart

#Peace - Today’s Gospel (Matthew    5:43-48) asks us to love our enemies as well as our friends. Advice Israel - & its friend Mr Trump - might take. The violence in the Middle East must end with a peace accord that protects the innocent. aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/16…

1/2 The Caritas Cup festival for Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh took place last Friday 15th June. Hosted by St Columba's RC HS, Dunfermline it was a fantastic day of netball and football as schools from across the Archdiocese came together in faith, sport and charity.

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 6,7-15) Jesus said to his disciples: "In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him." vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the…

Today marks 43 years since Pope Leo XIV was ordained a priest in the Chapel of Saint Monica, just steps from the Vatican and from Piazza del Sant’Uffizio, where he now resides as Pontiff. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

Thank you all for welcoming me back to your school and for all your efforts this year for SCIAF 🧡 again. You are building a wonderful community and it is great to see you grow it. Have a great break and enjoy your time off ☀️🙏

Great photo by Vatican Media of Pope Leo’s visit today to the Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome.

#Palestine - Let’s not allow the headline events between Israel & Iran deflect from the continuing horror in Palestine, where ‘safe’ areas have been bombed & over 200 killed in the past couple of days. The protest marches get bigger - our voices count. aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/21…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇦 Delighted for these young men growing their idea from a one off game in Airdrie to connecting with other young Catholics from around the world at the Jubilee of Sport through shared faith and love of football. So much good work they have put in and now seeing great benefits!

Have a listen to this year's Dignity for All Appeal, read by Lorraine Currie, SCIAF's Chief Executive. pulse.ly/cpvfvn1dwh

We will have parishes, community groups and other Church charities putting teams in and taking part in this. Please do share and consider entering a team, it's shaping up to be a great day!

🏆Register today: pulse.ly/rrmpclzpbc

1/6 💚Malia's story Malia has shown incredible bravery throughout her young life. When she was first born, her head began to swell due to hydrocephalus a life-threatening condition – but with no treatment available, she was sent home.

6/6 Help us break the cycle of poverty by supporting our Dignity for All Appeal today: pulse.ly/2pcub72mau

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Our Effective Parish Communications webinar is on Saturday 19 July at 10:00am. We look forward to chatting with our guests Colm Flynn, Elaine Furmage and Bishop Frank Dougan of RC Diocese of Galloway. Register at bit.ly/parishcomms

Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, emergency officials say bbc.in/4kEFy42

I'm fundraising for Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), by cycling to work on the 1st august....just the 120km from Drem to Glasgow! Check out my JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/mark-camb…

Join us tomorrow, , Monday 28th July, at St Augustine’s as we come together in prayer for peace in Gaza. 🕯️ The church will be open for Adoration from 1.00pm to 7.00pm. 🙏 We will pray the Holy Rosary at 7.00pm. ✝️ The Medjugorje Mass at 7.30pm will be offered for peace in Gaza.