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Ann an 2010 thadhail am P脿p Benedict XVI air Alba - cuairt nach robh gun chonnspaid as d猫idh an iomadh sgainnel a thug m貌r-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 St脿ite, agus b' e am P脿p Benedict an d脿rna p脿p a th脿inig a dh' Alba a-riamh, as d猫idh turas aoghaireil P脿p Iain P貌l II ann an 1982.

Bha Iain Eardsaidh Mac a' Mhaoilein na shagart ann an 脠irisgeigh ann an 1982. Dh'fh脿g e an sagartachd 5 bliadhna as d猫idh sin ge-t脿, 's e seachd sg矛th dhe bhi霉rocrasaidh na h-Eaglaise, agus tha e a-nise p貌sta le teaghlach, 's e ag obair na neach-obrach s貌isealach. Ann an turas pearsanta air leth 矛mpidheach tha e a' leantainn an ullachaidh, a' frithealadh na h-aifreann aig P脿irce Bellahouston, agus a' cluinntinn iomadh beachd luachmhor, 's e a' me貌rachadh air a chreideamh fh猫in, agus air a' chaochladh a tha a' tighinn air gach taobh de shaoghal Chr矛osdaidheachd 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.