Following the majority Catholic vote for independence, Scottish bishops are drawing closer to the SNP The continuing nationalist surge in Scotland means Britain may face constitutional turmoil that is unparalleled since the unrest that led most of Ireland to depart the United Kingdom in 1922.Religion is often seen as an accessory of nationalism in Ireland but the leadership of the Catholic Church – and many of the clergy – has usually behaved with caution. Across the Irish Sea such caution is less in evidence among today’s leaders of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Last September, shortly after 55 per cent of voters, on an 86-per-cent turnout, endorsed the union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a referendum, the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, wrote