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Catholic Leader Cardinal Keith O'Brien Clashes With David Cameron On Same-Sex Marriage Plans The Catholic Church is on a collision course with David Cameron as one of its most senior figures issues an outspoken attack on the Government over its plans to legalise gay marriage. The new clash between the Coalition and the Catholic Church comes as the Church of England also appears increasingly split over the issue of gay rights By Patrick Hennessy and Edward Malnick 03 Mar 20127 Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, says the proposals to allow same-sex unions are “madness”...

The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland has caused controversy among non-Christian faiths by telling them that they needed to realise they live in a Christian country. In comments described as "obnoxious", Cardinal Keith O'Brien said he "tolerated" people who lived differently, but added that he must "take a stand when Christianity itself is questioned in this country" reports The Scotsman newspaper. The Church said the cardinal was not meaning to diminish the stature of other faiths as he set forward his mission to "re-Christianise" Scotland. However, a spokesman for the Hindu Temple in Glasgow condemned the remarks that...

THE Pope yesterday named a resident Scottish cardinal for only the third time since the Reformation when he appointed the Most Rev Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, as one of 31 new "princes" of the Roman Catholic Church. The honour for Archbishop O’Brien means he joins the "cardinal electors" who will name a successor after the current Pope’s death. The cardinals were named earlier than expected, in a move said by Church sources to be linked to the Pontiff’s failing health. Archbishop O’Brien, 65, was ordained in 1965 and became Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in...