Editing Church of Scotland (section)

===Recent history===
In 2023, the Church of Scotland published a report which detailed its connections to the [[Atlantic slave trade]]. It noted that from 1707 to the 1830s, Church of Scotland [[Ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland|ministers and elders]] inherited wealth from familial relatives which were made on West Indian [[slave plantation]]s and numerous church buildings (including [[Glasgow Cathedral]]) contain memorials to and accepted donations from individuals who profited from slavery. The report also noted that enslaved Black people were used to build Church of Scotland churches in the West Indies, and the church distributed money made from slavery to Scottish parishes to fund philanthropic efforts that assisted Scotland's poor. It ended by recommending to the General Assembly that "a statement of acknowledgment and apology should be brought to a future General Assembly and a dedicated page about the Church’s connections to the slave trade should be created for its website."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tfn.scot/news/new-report-reveals-churchs-links-to-slavery | title=New report reveals church's links to slavery - TFN | work=Third Force News | date=28 April 2023 }}</ref>

In 2025, [[Elish Angiolini|Lady Elish Angiolini]] became the first practising Roman Catholic to be appointed [[Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]], the British Monarch's representative to the Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scotland |first=The Church of |date=2025-05-17 |title=Roman Catholic represents King Charles at the General Assembly |url=https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/roman-catholic-represents-king-charles-at-the-general-assembly |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=The Church of Scotland |language=en}}</ref>