Even within the Union, Scotland likes to do its own thing. For centuries a different legal system and state religion have marked its distinction from its southern neighbour – differences only augmented once the Scottish Parliament was reconvened in 1999. That same year, the composer James MacMillan ruffled the feathers of Scotland’s presiding liberal elite by calling out the ongoing anti-Catholic bigotry he argued was still pervasive in parts of Scottish society. The reaction to his remarks showed the Catholic Church has occupied an uneasy position within Scottish society.
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The quiet Catholic revival in a Scottish university town
At St Andrews, one of Britain’s oldest universities, a growing number of young people are exploring Catholicism in search of meaning, tradition and transcendence
Andrew Cusack
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