Wherever I look, north, south, east or west, there is something that appeals to me as a Scotsman, there is something to stir one’s heart, something to make one feel that we are representatives of a distinct nationality … More Don Roberto & Me
St Vincent de Paul’s exceptional work with people living in poverty … More A SOCIETY DOING IMPORTANT WORK FOR CHARITY
Brave woman – Melanie Ward from Helensburgh teaches women in Nigeria. … More MELANIE TEACHES YOUNG PEOPLE IN TERRORIST THREATENED REGION OF NIGERIA
Activist Allanah Maurer gave the new Save Loch Lomond mascot MacNulty his first outing at the recent Hope Over Fear rally in Glasgow’s George Square. … More SAVE LOCH LOMOND
Botched up roadworks in Balloch impact on patients in the Vale
Patients can’t get to appointments because buses have been withdrawn. … More BILL HEANEY’S NOTEBOOK
Be careful of the words you use today for tomorrow you may have to eat them.
Those were the words on a poster in the vestibule at the old Carmelite Convent in Kirktonhill, Dumbarton. … More Pope’s warning against gossip ‘destroying reputations everywhere’
On the eve of the Papal Visit to Dublin, our Ireland correspondent, GREGORY DILLON, writes about how much the country has changed since the last visit by the now sainted Pope John Paul II in 1979. … More Dublin could be the new Damascus for a Church in need of significant reform
Poor Pope Francis. The Holy Father keeps trying to make a meaningful gesture to victims for the many scandalous instances of clerical child abuse across the world and is consistently thwarted by fundamentalist prelates and priests who fudge this major issue. … More Pope urges bishops to go beyond apologising to clerical abuse victims
A chiel amongst us takin’ notes
I spent the last couple of days in Ayr last week in the wake of the annual birthday celebrations for Rabbie Burns, the national bard. … More AYRSHIRE JOURNEY
The Church of Scotland has sent an open letter to the chairmen of three oil companies, asking them to align their business plans with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. … More Charities urge oil companies to tackle climate change
