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Church says Papal visit unchanged despite claims over costs

The Catholic Church in Scotland has insisted its plans for the Papal visit are “unchanged” amid claims the historic event is in disarray with spiralling costs and could be scaled down.

Senior church sources said planning for the Scottish leg of the four-day visit was “on time and on budget” and that recently emerged problems were confined to England.