Catholics will be able to represent the King to the Church of Scotland’s general assembly after MPs overturned a 325-year old law. The decision, which was backed unanimously by MPs, means Lady Elish ...

(UPDATED) Traditionalist minority worry disagreement on the issue will make it harder to work together on mission. Update (May 23): Church of Scotland ministers are now permitted to perform same-sex ...

Very Rev Dr Alan McDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2006-2007. Born: March 1951 in Glasgow ...

Scotland’s largest religious group has voted to reaffirm its opposition to assisted dying. On Monday, the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly rejected a proposal which would have scrapped the kirk's ...

The Duke of Cambridge is the Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Prince William is taking on a new role. On Saturday, he stepped out as Lord High Commissioner to ...

The ban on Roman Catholics representing the King at the Church of Scotland’s general assembly is set to be lifted in a “historic gesture of goodwill”. The “long overdue” measure will allow the ...

A brass plaque has been laid in honour of a Church of Scotland school matron who died in Auschwitz during the Second World War.