The 88-year-old died on Easter Monday, less than a day after making an appearance in St Peter's Square where he blessed ...

At the start of the motion of condolence, Holyrood presiding officer Alison Johnstone offered her “deepest sympathy to the ...

Politicians and religious leaders in Scotland have paid tribute to Pope Francis following his death on Easter Monday. First ...

The pontiff, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... with the Church of Scotland. He described the relationship between the churches as one of "mutual understanding ...

There is a Roman proverb which states that ‘he ... a scandal rocked the Catholic Church in Scotland which further damaged the institution’s reputation and helped to precipitate an even greater ...

Thank God the Protestant Reformation came along to introduce a bit of order and rectitude to this Roman bacchanal ... that golden age of the Catholic Church in Scotland its main figurehead ...

Leaders from Scotland’s faith communities were in ... and humility” to his role and as the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to come from Latin America he had “sought to build ...

The Church of Scotland is among those to pay tribute ... The Most Reverend Mark Strange said: “Our thoughts and prayers are with all in the Roman Catholic Church today as they mourn the death of Pope ...

The Right Reverend Dr Shaw Paterson, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, expressed his condolences to the Catholic Church in ... his prayers to Roman Catholics.