A JOHN KNOX lookalike is to welcome the Pope to Scotland.

There's no mention of irony or satire, considering that the Scottish government itself isn't bothering to celebrate the 450th Anniversary of the Protestant Revolt.

[Daily Record, Scotland] The actor has been hired by the Catholic Church to play the leader of Scotland's Protestant Reformation in a pageant of the country's historical figures.

The 25 characters will parade in front of the pontiff's Popemobile on Princes Street, Edinburgh, during his visit in September.

Knox's surprise inclusion by Catholic Church leaders follows accusations that this year's 450th anniversary of the Reformation is being ignored by the Scottish Government.

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