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Why Benedict is no John Paul
The spirit of uplift and renewal conjured up by Pope John Paul II when he came to the UK in 1982 seems unlikely this week when Pope Benedict XVI visits these shores, blogs Jon Snow.
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Away from diplomacy, politics and PR (it is a state visit remember) today being Sunday is the religious climax of the trip. I’m in Cofton Park, Birmingham where around 55,000 turned out to see Pope Benedict XVI perform his first beatification since becoming Pope in 2005, of Cardinal John Henry Newman. The beatification comes amid…
Say what you will, they’ve certainly been lucky with the weather where Hyde Park’s doing a good job of living up to still, sunny, Bellahouston Park, in Glasgow, on Thursday.
So Benedict has said sorry. Or not. Or has he? The Press Association (and thus much of the media) is writing his words on pederast priests up as an abject apology.
Paschal Uche will welcome the Pope on behalf of Britain’s young people outside Westminster Cathedral on Saturday. The 21-year old has been telling Channel 4 News he feels “happy and humbled”.
Six men have been arrested in London over a potential threat to the Pope who spent the day in London on his first-ever state visit to the UK.
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Scotland to begin the first-ever papal state visit to the UK. Here’s what happened this morning.
The spirit of uplift and renewal conjured up by Pope John Paul II when he came to the UK in 1982 seems unlikely this week when Pope Benedict XVI visits these shores, blogs Jon Snow.
Catholic commentator Michael Walsh writes for Channel 4 News on how Pope Benedict will visit a very different Britain to that seen by his predecessor Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Days before the Pope arrives in the UK for his state visit, event organiser Lord Patten tells Channel 4 News the allegations have left an “appalling stain on the Catholic church”.
Two of the special bullet-proofed Popemobile cars have arrived in the UK, ahead of this week’s state visit in which thousands of pilgrims are expected to turn out to see Pope Benedict XVI.