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The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

The Roman Catholic Bishops in Scotland work together to undertake nationwide initiatives through their Commissions and Agencies.

The members of the Bishops' Conference are the Bishops of the eight Scottish Dioceses. Where appropriate the Bishops Emeriti (retired) provide a much welcomed contribution to the work of the conference. The Bishops' Conference of Scotland is a permanently constituted assembly which meets regularly throughout the year to address relevant business matters.

Members of The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

25th May 2026



25 May 2026

First Encyclical of Pope Leo XIV: Magnifica Humanitas

The Bishops of Scotland warmly welcome Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, as a timely and insightful contribution to one of the defining questions of our age. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes human life, this important document calls us to place the dignity of the human person at the heart of every technological advance.

We encourage the faithful, our schools and parish communities to read, study and pray with this landmark text.

To support this, the Office of Communications and Evangelisation will soon publish a parish study guide and other resources for small groups and parish use, helping communities to reflect more deeply on the opportunities and challenges of new technologies and their impact on human life.

Bishop John Keenan
President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland


Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas:
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

News from the Commissions and Agencies

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January 2025
https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/jerusalem-bishop-to-speak-in-scotland-about-suffering-of-christians-in-holy-land/


Bishops from the Holy Land and Nigeria are among the speakers scheduled to speak at anb ACN conference in Scotland on the suffering and persecution of Christians.
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https://acnuk.org/event/scottish-catholic-conference/


Scottish Catholic Conference Start: 29 Mar 2025 9:30 ▪ End: 29 Mar 2025 16:00 ▪ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY facebook twitter email Please join us for our first ever ACN Scottish Catholic Conference, ‘Courage to Be Catholic’. This special event will bring ...
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https://youtu.be/4apJNn2Y-ds?si=QX4HW-DEU5Qdes1L
Written by St Thomas Aquinas


Arrangment by Caitlin Foster 2022Sung by: Caitlin Foster, Emma Drzycimski, Michael Foster, and John GriffithTranslation by: Edward Caswall, C.O. (1814–1878)P...
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https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-thomas-aquinas/


Saint Thomas Aquinas is well known for his writings, especially the "Summa Theologica." But he was far more than a philosopher/theologian. He was a devout man who wrote beautiful prayers and hymns. Perhaps the best known is the "Pange Lingua."
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https://www.cathstan.org/us-world/bishops-and-political-leaders-across-europe-remember-holocaust-victims-urge-world-to-fight-rising-antisemitism


(OSV News) – Church leaders across Europe marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with calls to remember German Nazi-inflicted sufferings and to counter a new rise in antisemitism and extremism.
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https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51600


In his first interview since becoming US Vice President, JD Vance yesterday expressed his support for President Trump's draconian orders to deport millions of unregistered migrant workers, and authorise raids on schools and churches sheltering them. He voiced his disappointment at the U...
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Gospel of the Day (Luke 1,1-4.4,14-21)

Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.

He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."

Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, "Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2025/01/26.html
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https://www.sciaf.org.uk/about-us/news/740-sciaf-launches-appeal-to-help-people-of-gaza


We have today launched an emergency appeal to quickly deliver aid into the starving people of Gaza and the West Bank.
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