Tens of thousands of people have turned out to pray before the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux in a predictably enthusiastic response to their visit to Scotland.
The relics of the Little Flower are visiting every diocese in the country. The first stop drew more than 20,000 pilgrims to the churches of the Diocese of Motherwell.
Last weekend they were due to arrive in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, where Archbishop Leo Cushley was predicting a similarly positive response.
“We’ve been awaiting the relics of the Little Flower with great anticipation,” he told the Edinburgh News.
