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  • Catholic leader calls for St Andrew's holiday [Scotland]

    11/30/2003 7:29:36 AM PST · by Eala · 3 replies · 216+ views
    Scotland on Sunday [registration required, then search] ^ | November 30, 2003 (St. Andrew's Day) | Nicholas Christian
    THE NEW leader of Scotland’s Catholics has called for St Andrew’s Day to be made a national holiday. Cardinal Keith O’Brien also said he wanted to use his position "re-Christianise Scotland" and urged civic leaders to set up nativity scenes. O’Brien, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, was speaking at a Mass of Thanksgiving in St Mary’s Cathedral to mark his elevation to the College of Cardinals last month. He told the congregation in Edinburgh, which included First Minister Jack McConnell and SNP leader John Swinney: "I ask you all to recognise the feast of our patron saint, St...