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Church and kirk leaders mark Scots Reformation


Kathleen Nutt


SCOTLAND’S MOST senior Catholic clergy began a series of ecumenical events this week to mark the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation. The Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti, opened a one-day conference on Wednesday, organised jointly by the Catholic Church in Scotland and the Church of Scotland, to mark the legacy of the Scottish Reformation. Meanwhile, Cardinal Keith O’Brien was one of those invited to an ecumenical service on Wednesday evening at St Giles Cathedral, known as the High Kirk, in Edinburgh. Archbishop Conti told The Tablet: “The


impact of the Reformation on Scottish history and culture was enormous. And while, as a Catholic archbishop, I can hardly ‘celebrate’ the event, it is right that we should all mark it as a decisive moment in our nation’s story. It is a very positive sign of the times that these events have been envisaged and arranged by the Joint Commission on Doctrine of the Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic Church.


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“Enormous strides have been made in rela- tions between the Churches, and that ecumenical impulse was strengthened by the recent visit of the Pope.” The conference, entitled “Scottish


Reformation – Marking the Legacy, Imaging the Future”, included sessions considering the question: “What has the Reformation done for us?” A Church of Scotland spokesman said: “Such an ecumenical event would have been difficult to conceive even some 30 years ago. Through patient dialogue … mutual respect and understanding has grown and developed.” ■ Scottish Catholics are being asked to pay £800,000 to cover the shortfall left by Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Britain, just over £4 for each weekly Massgoer. A national collec- tion in parishes across Scotland will commence this weekend. The Church in England, Wales and Scotland has so far raised £6.5 million of the £10 million needed to fund its share of the cost of the visit. According to the latest figures, there are 185,608 weekly Massgoers in Scotland in 452 parishes. (See Church in the World, page 33.)


IN BRIEF


Horror at Iraq massacre The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, has said he is horrified by the massacre of worshippers at Mass at the Syrian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance, Baghdad, last Sunday. “I want to express my horror at the atrocity that occurred and my solidarity with those who suffered and died,” he said. “This massacre has taken a terrible toll on a vulnerable and diminishing Christian community that, along with other reli- gious minorities, continues to suffer persecution. A remembrance service was due to take place yesterday (5 November) at 7 p.m. at the Syrian Catholic Church, Holy Trinity Church, Brook Green, west London.


Warm rich to back the cold old The Bishop of Clifton, Declan Lang, is backing a scheme launched by the Somerset Community Foundation whereby well-off pensioners can donate their winter-fuel payment to those unable to afford heating bills. Last year, 420 eld- erly people in Somerset died due to the cold and the initiative is seeking to help up to 33,000 pensioners.


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