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  1. 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom

    The visit of Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom in 1982 was the first visit there by a reigning Pope. The Pope arrived in the UK on Friday 28 May, and during his time there visited nine cities, delivering 16 major addresses. Among significant events were a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, a ...

  2. Remembering when Glasgow welcomed Pope John Paul II to Bellahouston

    On a swelteringly-hot day in June 1982, Pope John Paul II visited Glasgow - and it wasn't a trip the late pontiff would forget in a hurry. Pope John Paul II was the first reigning Pope to visit ...

  3. 'It was the people's day'

    The reporter remarked upon the VIPs in attendance but added: "It was the people's day. And the Pope was there for them. He was greeted with the deep-throated roar that is the background to the appearance of a Scottish team at Hampden. READ MORE: 'A Mortons roll is a masterpiece' - chef Gary Mclean on Glasgow recipes which inspired his new book.

  4. Herald Decades: How Pope's visit to Scotland in 1982 changed the nation

    the visit of pope john paul ii to bellahouston park in glasgow in 1982. Her solution, Moore writes, was to make the visit not a state one but a pastoral one, with no Cabinet ministers involved.

  5. The day 300,000 saw Pope John Paul II give mass in Glasgow's ...

    On this day in 1982, Scotland welcomed a serving Pope for the first time. Around 300,000 people gathered in Bellahouston Park in the scorching heat for a much-anticipated Papal Mass celebrated by John Paul II, believed to be the largest crowd ever to assemble in Scotland. The £7m pilgrimage to the UK - funded by the Catholic Church - saw ...

  6. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    The Papal Visit. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK. ... In the summer of 1982, Pope Saint John Paul II travelled to Great Britain for an historic six-day tour that saw him greet and bless hundreds of thousands of people at sixteen different venues. ... before travelling to Glasgow to meet students at St Andrew's College, finishing with an open air ...

  7. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    Scotland. Pope John Paul II spent a day-and-a-half of his tour north of the border in Scotland. Although the time was short, the Pope visited a total of seven venues and greeted hundreds of thousands of people. Young people held a special place in His Holiness's heart as witnessed at World Youth Days subsequently hosted across the world from ...

  8. Herald Decades: How Pope's visit to Scotland in 1982 changed the nation

    Pope John Paul II visit to Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in 1982. WHEN Pope John Paul was shot and wounded by a Turkish assassin, Mehmet Ali Ağca, in St Peter's Square, Rome, in May 1981, amongst the global reactions of shock and outrage was an understandable degree of speculation about his visit to Britain in 12 months' time.

  9. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    1982 Visit. Holy Mass in Bellahouston Park. Tuesday, June 1st, 1982 @ 5:00 pm ... Traditional Scottish gifts are offered to Pope John Paul II in Glasgow - from the Scotland national football strip to some whiskey! Listen. Pope John Paul II's homily at Bellahouston Park.

  10. 26 fascinating pictures of Pope John Paul II's visit to Edinburgh

    The Pope in Scotland 40 years on: Here are 26 amazing pictures of Pope John Paul II's visit to Edinburgh, Rosewell and Glasgow in 1982.

  11. John Paul's 1982 visit to Britain an "extraordinary event"

    John Paul's 1982 visit to Britain paved the way for future "great moments" in the life of the Church in the UK, including Pope Benedict XVI's visit in 2010 and the canonisation of St John Henry Newman in 2019. The "legacy" of that visit, says Axworthy, "was the strengthening and deepening of the relationship between the UK and the ...

  12. The day Edinburgh turned out in force to welcome Pope John Paul II in 1982

    The day Edinburgh turned out in force to welcome Pope John Paul II in 1982. History was made 40 years ago this month, as Edinburgh witnessed the first ever visit of a reigning pope. News. By. David McLean Nostalgia Editor. Huge crowds turned out to witness Pope John Paul II travelling along Princes Street in the popemobile in 1982.

  13. A visit that nearly did not happen

    BBC Scotland examines the build-up to the first Papal visit to Scotland, that of Pope John Paul II in 1982.

  14. The first visit: Looking back at Pope John Paul II's mass at

    The only previous visit by a Pope to Scotland took place in 1982. On a swelteringly hot June 1, 300,000 people - the biggest crowd ever assembled in Scotland - gathered at Glasgow's Bellahouston ...

  15. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    Pope John Paul II meets with leaders of Christian Churches. Tuesday, June 1st, 1982 @ 11:00 am. "I have been pleased to learn of the fruitful dialogues in which the Catholic Church in this Country has been engaged with the Church of Scotland, the Episcopal Church in Scotland and other Churches, and also of its collaboration with the Scottish ...

  16. Papal Visit

    The visit of Pope Saint John Paul II to the UK in 1982 was the first visit ever by a reigning Pope to this country. ... The centrepiece of the visit was an open-air Mass in Glasgow the following day, Tuesday 1st June. The day began in Edinburgh with a visit to patients at St Joseph's Hospital in Rosewell followed by an address to teachers and ...

  17. Pope Benedict XVI to stir memories of 1982 as he celebrates mass at

    THE Pope will celebrate an open mass before a crowd of worshippers at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park in September, it was confirmed today. It will be Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to Scotland, and ...

  18. Scots remember Pope Benedict as 'kind, gentle man'

    Benedict was the first pontiff to visit Scotland in 28 years, after Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass at the same park in 1982. The day Pope Benedict came to Scotland Pope praises 'wise, tender ...

  19. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    Monday, May 31st, 1982 @ 3:00 pm. Pope John Paul II told 44,000 ecstatic young Scots at Murrayfield Stadium "Young people of Scotland, I love you.". Dear young people of Scotland! Thank you for such warm words of welcome. I am happy that my first contact is with you, the pride of your beloved country and the promise of its bright future!

  20. Papal visit: Thousands attend Mass in Glasgow

    Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an open-air Mass in Glasgow, attended by thousands of people. ... pontiff since John Paul II in 1982. It is also the first to be designated a state visit because ...

  21. State visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom

    The papal visit in Westminster, London. The state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom was held from 16 to 19 September 2010 and was the first visit by a Pope to Britain after Pope John Paul II made a pastoral, rather than state, visit in 1982. The visit included the beatification of Cardinal Newman as a "pastoral highlight".. Pope Benedict's visit included meetings with Elizabeth ...

  22. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    Pope John Paul II visits Saint Joseph's Hospital. Tuesday, June 1st, 1982 @ 9:30 am. "No visit to Rosewell would be complete without mentioning a young woman whose holy life and final suffering gave full expression to the message from Sacred Scripture that we have reflected on this morning - the Venerable Margaret Sinclair."

  23. Pope Benedict XVI in the UK

    Pope John Paul II greets the staff and the students of Saint Andrew's College of Education. Friday, March 12th, 2010 @ 4:40 pm. "To be educated is to be more fitted for life; to have a greater capacity for appreciating what life is, what it has to offer, and what the person has to offer in return to the wider society of man."