SCOTLAND
BBC News
The new Pope is the “shot in the arm” Scotland’s Catholics need to lift them from “an all-time low”, according to a church spokesman.
Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, has become Pope Francis after being elected in Rome.
No Scot was involved in the vote after Archbishop Keith O’Brien resigned after allegations about his sexual behaviour.
Ronnie Convery told BBC Scotland he thought Pope Francis could lift the gloom among Scots Catholics.
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