Worshippers in Greater Glasgow are expected to be offered the largest share of tickets to see Pope Benedict XVI in Bellahouston Park.

One in four of the almost 100,000 tickets will be offered to people living in and around the city, with the other 75,000 split between parishes around Scotland.

The Catholic Church will start sending letters out to parishes over the weekend, telling them how many tickets each of them has been allocated for the mass, which takes place on September 16.

Each parish will be given a set number of tickets, based upon their number of regular worshippers.

• Full story at the Glasgow Evening Times.

• Filed under Glasgow, West + Ayrshire, Papal Visit, Roman Catholic Church, Scottish Christian News Monitor.