A Scottish church is set to receive a vial of Pope St John Paul II’s blood. St Patrick’s Church, in North Lanarkshire, will become the home to one of four vials of the former pope's blood. The vials were drawn in case they were needed for transfusion, but were never used. Archbishop Cathedral Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow was given two of the vials after the former Pope’s death in 2005. Fr Krzystof Garwolinski of St Patrick’s wrote to the archbishop asking to have one of the vials for a short period as he felt it would bring the community together. He said: “I wrote to Archbishop Dziwisz explaining the situation in St Patrick’s with the large Polish community and thought that the relic would be a good way to inspire a revival of the faith.” The relic will be placed permanently at the church on Sunday, October 18 in a special ceremony.