U.K. to end ban on Catholics in Church of Scotland role

The government unveiled a bill to end a ban on Catholics serving as the monarch’s representative at the Church of Scotland’s annual assembly

The U.K. government unveiled a bill Thursday to end a ban on Catholics serving as the British monarch’s representative at the Presbyterian Church of Scotland’s annual assembly.

Elish Angiolini, pictured in 2021. UK Government via Wikimedia (OGL).

The bill was introduced after King Charles III took the unprecedented step of nominating a practicing Catholic…