IN December, Pope Francis made an off-hand remark about Scottish independence during an interview with a Spanish paper. In January, people noticed.
The pontiff had been asked what the Catholic church’s role should be in the Catalan independence debate, which led him to talk about other constitutional clashes around Europe.
The Pope said that every country had to find its own path to resolve any issues, pointing to North Macedonia and the autonomous Trentino-Alto Adige region of northern Italy.
