2010-08-05 15:27:31

The Church in Scotland today - Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien


Pope Benedict arrives in the UK on Thursday September 16th and his first stop is Scotland where he will be received by Queen Elizabeth II, members of the Royal Family and people representing British society in the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh.

Having met the Queen, the Pope will travel to Glasgow where he will celebrate an open-air Mass at Bellahouston Park in the evening and then he will fly from Glasgow to London.

There are an estimated 850 thousand Catholics living in Scotland, representing 16 percent of the total population, spread across eight diocese, two of which (Glasgow and St. Andrews and Edinburgh) are Archdiocese.

Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, is Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh. He told us more about the kind of Church Pope Benedict XVI will find when he touches down on Scottish soil this September. Hear more: RealAudioMP3







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