Turas a' Phapa (The Pope's Visit)

Ann an 2010 thadhail am Pàp Benedict XVI air Alba - cuairt nach robh gun chonnspaid as dèidh an iomadh sgainnel a thug mòr-bhuaidh air an Eaglais Chaitligich air feadh an t-saoghail bho chionn ghoirid. B' e seo a' chiad turas a bha Ceannard na h-Eaglaise air tadhal air Alba air cuairt oifigeil Stàite, agus b' e am Pàp Benedict an dàrna pàp a thàinig a dh' Alba a-riamh, as dèidh turas aoghaireil Pàp Iain Pòl II ann an 1982.

Bha Iain Eardsaidh Mac a' Mhaoilein na shagart ann an Èirisgeigh ann an 1982. Dh'fhàg e an sagartachd 5 bliadhna as dèidh sin ge-tà, 's e seachd sgìth dhe bhiùrocrasaidh na h-Eaglaise, agus tha e a-nise pòsta le teaghlach, 's e ag obair na neach-obrach sòisealach. Ann an turas pearsanta air leth ìmpidheach tha e a' leantainn an ullachaidh, a' frithealadh na h-aifreann aig Pàirce Bellahouston, agus a' cluinntinn iomadh beachd luachmhor, 's e a' meòrachadh air a chreideamh fhèin, agus air a' chaochladh a tha a' tighinn air gach taobh de shaoghal Chrìosdaidheachd ann an Alba.

2010 saw the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland - a visit that was not without its
controversies after the recent scandals that rocked the Catholic church's global reputation. This was the first time that he had officially visited Scotland and, after Pope John Paul II's visit in 1982, the only other Pope in history to visit there.

In 1982, John Archie MacMillan was a Catholic priest working in his island parish on Eriskay. However, he left the priesthood five years later, disillusioned with the bureaucracy of the Church,
and is now married with a family and works as a social worker. In a compelling personal
journey he follows the build up to the visit, attends the open air mass at Bellahouston Park and reflects on the changing face of all Christianity in Scotland.