Sydney, Australia, May 19, 2011 / 14:36 pm
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney is backing calls to scrap the 310 year-old law banning Catholics from the British throne.
“I would welcome a change,” the Australian cardinal told CNA.
His comments come just hours after Scottish Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien of St. Andrews & Edinburgh claimed in a BBC documentary that the 1701 Act of Settlement was fuelling anti-Catholicism in his country. He describes the law as “the country's shame.”
Just a few weeks ago the manager of the predominantly Catholic-supported soccer club, Glasgow Celtic was assaulted during a match by an opposing supporter and sent a parcel bomb in the mail. Arrests have followed each incident.