Jon Snow
More complications ahead of the Pope's visit
Jon Snow blogs on the issues surrounding the Pope’s planned visit to the UK
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Protesters urged to ‘show respect’ during Pope’s visit
Protest the Pope organisers meet police and the Archbishop of Southwark amid concerns next week’s Papal visit to the UK could be disrupted by demonstrations.
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Archbishop: resignation ‘shock and surprise’
As Catholics worldwide react to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Jon Snow talks to the Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, the most senior Catholic in England and Wales.
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Archbishop attacks ‘downgrade’ of religious education
As Pope Benedict delivers his traditional message in Rome calling for peace, the Archbishop of Canterbury uses his last Easter sermon to attack what he calls a move to downgrade religious education.
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Young people need ‘support not hostility’
Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury both call on their congregations not to give up on young people, and to support the next generation in the coming year.
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Cardinal beatified on final day of papal visit
Pope Benedict XVI’s four-day state visit to Britain draws to a close, as thousands of pilgrims gather in Birmingham to witness the beatification of Cardinal Newman.
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‘If you tell, you go to hell’
As Pope Benedict continues his visit to Britain, Channel 4 News north of England Nick Martin meets three clerical sex abuse victims who tell him their harrowing stories.
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Memories of John Paul II’s 1982 papal visit
Decades after the last papal visit Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Britain. Channel 4 News speaks to Clare Ward who has special memories of John Paul II in 1982 including ham sandwiches and sequins.
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And God created HTML: internet fact and fiction
Pope Francis says the internet is a “gift from God” – but who else has claimed rights to the world wide web? And how much of it is true?
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Chris Patten: from ‘double whammy’ to ‘Fat Pang’
As Chris Patten is accused of misleading MPs over big pay-offs to departing BBC staff, Channel 4 News looks back at the colourful career of Britain’s last governor of Hong Kong.
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Celibacy and Catholicism: the end of the affair?
As the Catholic church copes with the aftermath of another sex scandal – this time involving Cardinal O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric – the celibacy of priests is back up for debate.
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Cardinal Keith O’Brien resigns
Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric resigns, hours after the Vatican announces plans to investigate claims of inappropriate behaviour.
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Cardinal reported for ‘inappropriate behaviour’
Three priests and a former priest report the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back 30 years.
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Cardinal ‘raises eyebrows’ over call for priests to marry
A call for priests to be allowed to wed by the UK’s most senior Roman Catholic will “raise some eyebrows” in the Vatican in the run-up to the election of the next Pope.
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That was ye weeke that was
Meteors in the sky, the Pope resigning, and horses in the headlines. Are we in the midst of a medieval revival? Cartoonist Matt Buck does his best impression of Hieronymus Bosch for Channel 4 News.
