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Man who put church at centre of events

Ten years ago one of the most outspoken, controversial – and for many downright annoying – public figures in modern Scottish life died.

Surprisingly, in these aggressively secular times, he was a churchman, and a man whose faith was at the centre of everything he said and did.

Cardinal Tom Winning moved the Catholic Church from the margins to a central place in Scottish public and political life, which was a huge achievement.