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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Church condemns abuse as Pope heads to UK
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”.
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Popemobiles arrive in UK for Pope’s visit
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.
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Jon Snow
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Cardinal's remarks outrage gay community as abuse scandal deepens
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is the Vatican’s top diplomat. Which is scary, because what he said in Chile this week defies all norms of diplomatic behaviour. As I said on Channel 4 News last night, the Vatican does not seem to have heard of the cardinal rule: “when you are in a hole, stop digging”; and…
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Jon Snow
What reception will the Pope receive in Britain?
Three times I have stood in St Peter’s Square and heard a red clad cardinal declare “Habemus Papam” – “we have a Pope” – thus concluding the secret conclave that elects the successor to whichever dead one has just past.
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Jon Snow
The Pope, the Equality Bill and unholy laws
Equality laws should protect the people, not our religious institutions, blogs Jon Snow.
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Jon Snow
Henry VIII: not just a fat philanderer
You tend to think he was just very fat and went through a monstrous quantity of wives. But Henry VIII was a much bigger man than all that. I’ve just emerged from the utterly fantastic Henry VIII exhibition at the British Library – a place far too many people have never been. I would never…