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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 05 September 2010 17:23 |
EDINBURGH — (ENI) An actor portraying John Knox, 16th century father of Scottish Presbyterianism, is to lead a parade through Edinburgh, when Pope Benedict XVI arrives on a state visit this month, and it is the Pope’s own church that is planning the event.
“We want the day to be joyous, charitable, and inclusive,” says Peter Kearney, a spokesperson for the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
The Pope arrives in the Scottish capital at the beginning of his four-day visit to Britain on September 16, the feast day of St. Ninian, the earliest known Scottish saint.
Still, 2010 marks the 450th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, an event that led to a break with the papacy in Rome.
“It is a sign of a healthy nation that diversity within the Christian community is something to be celebrated, as opposed to a source of division and struggle,” says John Christie, moderator of the Church of Scotland.
— Trevor Grundy
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