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Not only have there been no deaths from
#coronavirus
in Scotland in last 24 hours, there are now only 7 people with Covid still in intensive care in whole country. (None outside Lothian) Praise where praise is due to NHS, carers and .. yes ...
@scotgov
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Justice Secretary: "I woke up this morning to two rabid anti-Catholic messages which I have reported to the police. I'm neither a Catholic nor Irish, but that hatred was directed towards me, and I am intending to call it out."
Good on
@HumzaYousaf
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Pope Francis went this morning to the Russian Embassy to the Holy See to plead or peace and to offer himself as a mediator
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This photo was taken today during a visit of
@Pontifex
to Albano. No commentary is needed. This man is a healing figure in this fractured hate-filled world.
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An inspiring story. Lou Macari was one of my
@CelticFC
heroes when I was a wee boy. He is a bigger hero now
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I rather prefer the Pope’s economic insights to the Chancellor’s
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Just back from Italy. Scottish triple vax ‘green pass’ worked perfectly in all bars/restaurants. Took 20 seconds to check and offered peace of mind.
I fail to see all the outrage about vaccine certification
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Extraordinary photo. Extraordinary times. Extraordinary Pope. Francis walks through deserted Roman streets to pray before crucifix in San Marcello - on Rome’s busiest shopping street
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On the day Scotland is rebuffed by UK PM one (conservative) Italian paper devotes a special edition to us as 'the hope of Europe'
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Italian team will donate all their Euro2020 prize money to charity - 250,000 euros per player.
Wonderful gesture
Dopo aver dedicato la vittoria a tutti gli italiani, la nostra nazionale ha deciso di donare per intero il premio ricevuto, € 250.000,00 a testa, ad alcune associazioni onlus. Il capitano Chiellini ha precisato che quei soldi non passeranno nemmeno sul loro conto corrente. ❤️
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I may be (I am) biased.
But is there any university on earth as elegantly beautiful as this?
@UofGlasgow
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If the final is Argentina v Germany God could have some difficult choices to make
http://t.co/K19PYvCB6i
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Tears and prayers for Italy. 4825 dead. 4825 human tragedies. Most without funerals. No chance to say goodbye to loved ones. Poor Italy. Requiescant in pace
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This man is chair of the Catholic Union of Great Britain.
As a Catholic I find this attempt to block borders to Ukrainian refugees fleeing war utterly repulsive.
Listen to the Pope not Farage!
Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh says Lincolnshire is too full for Ukrainians
He says in Lincolnshire "we've done our bit with migration from Eastern Europe"
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Sad image to end the day. The lovely wee church of St Simon’s at Partick Cross gutted by fire. Walls impregnated with prayers and memories now collapsed. The Polish shrine gone. Virtually nothing left. Sad indeed.
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Extraordinary and rather wonderful intervention tonight from President Macron. ‘Vive l’Ecosse européenne’. The Auld Alliance seems suddenly young again.
Fabulous intervention by
@EmmanuelMacron
when asked about Scottish independence. “I think Scotland will have the heart to follow its own voice & its European tendencies. Long live a European Scotland” Vive la Vieille Alliance - here’s tae the Auld Alliance. Merci M. le Président.
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Popes and American Presidents ... in two pictures
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Italy’s R number down to 0.81. Plans for 500,000 vaccines a day shortly. Good news for all who love the country
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This is Samar Anton. She was shot today at noon by the Israeli army inside the compound of Gaza’s only Catholic Church. Her mother was also shot. Samar died trying to get her mum to safety inside the convent of Mother Teresa’s nuns.
The hellish reality of
#Gaza2023
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Hats off to
@HumzaYousaf
@NicolaSturgeon
and
@JohnSwinney
for calling out anti-Catholic bigotry and violence this weekend.
1st step to solving the problem is having the courage to name it. They did.
Many people are grateful ...
“How must our catholic community feel? How would I feel as a Muslim if there were groups of people singing Islamophobic songs? I wouldn’t feel safe in my home city.” 👏👏
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Pope Francis survived the surgery which went well. Relief. Gratitude. The world needs this man for a bit longer yet …
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A year without Archbishop Philip. A good man. Much missed. Requiescat in pace.
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Israeli soldiers kill 2 Catholic women in only parish in Gaza.
Human tragedy.
Diplomatic disaster for Israel.
Response from Catholic Patriarch is justly damning.
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There is a dangerous cocktail of racism, Brexit, anti Catholicism, extreme right British nationalism at work here. An alliance of extremism. And ugly and frightening it is ...
They come once again to defend statues? Shouting ‘Fenian Bastards’, singing ‘Rule Brittania’ whilst attacking asylum seekers protesting their living conditions - these are our streets, these Far-Right racist thugs cannot be allowed to do this
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Archbishop Mario has died. A true gentleman and a true friend. You will be greatly missed. RIP
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As others see us: "The happy independence of the Scots is a real form of European patriotism". Thanks to
@ilfoglio_it
for today's edition
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Call me biased but only when Italy are playing is the national anthem an unmissable part of the game. Forza Italia!!!
#ITASWI
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The medieval Italian town where 80% of residents have Scottish heritage
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For only the second time a Catholic has been elected to the highest office in America. Joe Biden is a parishioner at St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Greenville, Delaware. He started election day by going to Mass.
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I could get quite user to this ‘father of the bride’ thing!
Amazing weekend for Maria’s wedding.
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Italy today 1255 cases
UK today 7673 cases
UK travel policy?
“You should not travel to Italy it’s too dangerous.”
Pathetic
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Let this sink in. Israeli soldiers are surrounding a Catholic Church and shooting and killing anyone trying to leave.
Let this sink in.
Happening right NOW
#Gaza
Update: a tank has taken position outside the church and the building opposite has been taken. The people inside have died. There are snipers at every window pointing into the church. Still shooting anyone emerging from buildings to use eg toilets. Still no food or water.
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The support from Italy continues ... today's Italian headline: 'New referendum. Scotland wants Europe'
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Like many Catholics I feel disconcerted to know the Pope is being operated on tonight in Rome. It’s a serious intervention for a man of 84. Viva il Papa
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Bergamo was to have been the town of my daughter’s wedding this year. The virus crushed that plan. But we have decided we will have the wedding next year ... in
#Bergamo
This is one special town.
#BellaCiao
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Four years ago tonight.
The rain lashed down. The Piazza emptied of life. The solitary figure in white pleading with his God for an end to the trial.
Powerful memory.
#Covid
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So sorry. So sad. He was a good good man. RIP Archbishop Philip
Ronnie Convery from the office of the Archdiocese is leading tributes to the Archbishop of Glasgow, who has died today aged 70.
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Welcome to Paradise for the Tuscan Celts - Barga and Glasgow united in football and sunshine
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Art for today - Good Friday. View I captured a few years ago from the Papal palace at Castelgandolfo over Lake Albano. Pope’s eye view ...
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No good reason for posting this pic taken today other than the fact that it’s filled with happiness.
Maybe that’s enough.
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@NicolaSturgeon
@Doug_D_Stuart
I really appreciate having a FM who is more interested in books than boozy parties. Interestingly broad tastes in those well ordered shelves… Graham Greene, David Lodge …
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The Venice vaporetto up the Grand Canal has got to be the world’s most picturesque public transport route
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I cannot comprehend why an editor of a UK newspaper allowed this horrific piece to be published.
Utterly utterly shameful
I am absolutely horrified by this comment about Meghan Markle by Jeremy Clarkson. The hatred. The obsession. The mention of her naked. This proves everything M&H are saying.
Absolutely jaw-dropping, terrifying misogyny & abuse here from Clarkson.
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Good news. The City Council should be congratulated on this. Orange Order parades to be re-routed away from Catholic Church
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Sad day as we say goodbye to the loveliest and gentlest of dogs. You will be much missed Milo.
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So many streets in Italy have a street called Via Salvatore D’Acquisto. This is the reason ...
#25April
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During
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,
#SalvoDAcquisto
, a member of Carabinieri- was almost 23- sacrificed himself to save 22 civilians from being executed by German soldiers.
"If I die for another 100, I'm reborn 100 more times: God is with me and I am not afraid!"
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An image that will go down in history
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@ChristinaSNP
So in Glasgow more than 100,000 people voted for unambiguous remain parties. Just 17500 for Brexit/UKIP. I am so proud of our European city tonight
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New poll reveals 83 per cent of Scots want to stay in EU
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It’s Word Day of Migrants. Pope Francis unveiled this statue in St Peter’s Square. He said ‘we cannot be indifferent to the bleak isolation, contempt and discrimination experienced by those who do not belong to ‘our’ group’.
If ever a lesson was needed it’s this one at this time
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Tonight is not a night of celebration ... we lose our European citizenship and our rights at 11pm.
#Brexit
is the most senseless and appalling act of self harm.
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They can take away our European passports. They can take away our rights to live, work, get health care and travel freely. But the Brexiteers can never take away our European culture and identity.
#leavealighton
The ode to joy still sounds in Scottish hearts.
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I cry for
#Bergamo
. I know and love this beautiful town. Its people. Its bars. Its beauty. Its gastronomic specialities. To see it scourged mercilessly by this plague is heartbreaking. Un abbraccio forte cara città
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Sometimes one picture changes minds and history. It happened in Vietnam and I think it may have happened tonight
http://t.co/8UbeQn0Ejk
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Holy Saturday. For a few hours death seemed to have won ... just for a few hours. Art for today: the Cristo Morto by Mantegna
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What joy to see a dear friend honoured with the title Cavaliere by the Italian Ambassador. Brava Giovanna! So richly deserved.
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The sculptor is the same artist who carved the Homeless Jesus just off Buchanan St in
#Glasgow
It’s Word Day of Migrants. Pope Francis unveiled this statue in St Peter’s Square. He said ‘we cannot be indifferent to the bleak isolation, contempt and discrimination experienced by those who do not belong to ‘our’ group’.
If ever a lesson was needed it’s this one at this time
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UK 9000+ new Covid cases today
Italy 1400 new Covid cases today
UK Govt warning - ‘do not travel to Italy. We need to wait for them to catch up with our world beating vaccine rollout.’
Farcical and damaging.
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Science is science.
#coronavirus
kills. It is transmitted by close proximity to other people.
It is unforgiveable that UK Govt is allowing 250,000 to gather for horse races at
#cheltenham
while they issue off-the-record attacks on Italian Govt for taking action to save lives.
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Despite the lockdown Flourish will be out this weekend in its new digital edition ... if the editor can get that front page finalised!
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Looking back 24 hours: Apart from being a spiritual earthquake I will never forget, this was also a cinematographic production of genius and unique beauty.
#UrbietOrbi
Neither Fellini nor Sorrentino ever directed a more dramatic scene
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Proud to stand with Archbishop Nolan in his powerful plea for migrants in front of the barbed wire of Dungavel where our fellow human beings are held against their will.
#RefugeesWelcome
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Would the neighbours mind awfully if I go out and sit in the car beeping the horn all night?
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One of the great joys of Italy. Finding an unknown little town that looks like this.
#Giovinazzo
#Puglia
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No commentary here. Just context. Glasgow currently has
#Covid
infection rate of 181 per 100,000. Italy has 19 per 100,000. And there are those who call for travel bans/quarantine from Italy to Scotland. The opposite might be more comprehensible...
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Platform 1. Glasgow Central station. More poignant than many a lavish memorial.
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First archives opened of Vatican war files reveal
#PiusXII
arranged for false documents to be distributed to Jewish community to protect them from Nazis and order was given to offer hiding space in Vatican extra-territorial buildings
++ Pio XII: prime carte archivi confermano aiuti a ebrei ++ E monsignor Ottaviani forniva falsi certificati ai perseguitati (ANSA) - CITTA' DEL VATICANO, 2 MAR - Le prime carte degli archivi sul pontificato di Pio XII, aperti oggi, confermano i suoi aiuti agli ebrei.
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Happy Feast of Liberation to Italy. In 1943 my dad was one of the first allied troops to land in Sicily - the first place to be liberated. Remembering him today and all who fought against Nazism/Fascism.
#bellaciao
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It’s hard to find a Mass at a time to suit in Poland ...
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To allow churches to reopen the day AFTER the most important day in the Christian calendar is not a good look. Urgent need for this to be revised by
@scotgov
People already seeing the choice of date as punitive
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Italian Govt grants citizenship to
#AlfieEvans
in last minute bid to stop his death. Extraordinary humanitarian gesture. Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome now ready to treat Italian citizen. Let’s hope compassion prevails.
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The iPhone sees things rather better than the human eye at times. Glasgow skies at midnight
#Auroraborealis
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This is how to disguise building work on a great building. Piazza Farnese in Rome
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A man in a million. I interviewed him as Celtic manager. But the best times were when he remembered my name and waved as he went into Mass every day. RIP Tommy.
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The great Andrea
#Bocelli
- ably assisted by the fabulous Nicola Benedetti wowed the highlands tonight with his open air concert in
#Inverness
- not least with his tribute tartan courtesy of Clan Italia. What a night!
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We so need this kind of civility again in public life
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Remembering with love today my dad. Born on this day 100 years ago. The best of men. RIP Dad
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+++BREAKING+++ Reports Italian PM is about to extend lockdown and travel ban to whole of Italy. Extraordinary move to try to quarantine a whole nation but it might just work. Press conference any minute.
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Remembering the sounds of
#Bergamo
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