Christine Lavelle in Deadline Press and Picture Agency, Jun.16, deadlinescotland.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/16145-3064/
Scotland’s Catholic leader rolled up his sleeves and donned a tabard today as he helped out in a Sikh cafe kitchen today. Cardinal Keith O’Brien stopped in at Edinburgh’s Punjab’n Raosi Café – which translates as the Punjabi Women’s Kitchen – in a bid to unite faiths.
He mustered up some chapattis before tucking into a haggis pakora with the staff.
Workers at the Leith Walk shop said they hoped his visit would shake off “common perceptions of Sikhs as being anti-social.”
Speaking while settling down to some Indian food, the Cardinal said: “It is vitally important that we look after inter-faith relationships like this, because it is not a relationship unless people actually meet. How do you get to know your neighbours if you do not knock on any doors?”