Friday September 10, 2010
British Headlines on Pope Visit
Compiled by Hilary White
LONDON, September 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The volume of news items in the print and broadcast media coming from Britain and Ireland attacking Pope Benedict and his upcoming state visit is becoming so great that it is becoming difficult to track. LifeSiteNews.com therefore presents this round-up of recent headlines, not a comprehensive list, with links for our readers’ interest.
The Independent’s Johan Hari calls for faithful Catholics to join anti-papal protesters – The Independent
Johann Hari: Catholics, it’s you this Pope has abused
https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-catholics-its-you-this-pope-has-abused-2074029.html
“I disagree with many of his teachings. But it’s those who oppose Pope Benedict XVI’s visit who are the real bigots” – The Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1310358/Those-oppose-Pope-Benedict-XVIs-visit-real-bigots.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
The Pope: Witness for the prosecution: Geoffrey Robertson QC argues that instead of offering the Pope a state welcome, we should be preparing the legal case against him – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/faith/the-pope-witness-for-the-prosecution-2072954.html
Pope chooses rap song as soundtrack for his UK visit – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pope-chooses-rap-song-as-soundtrack-for-his-uk-visit-2071913.html
Julie Burchill: Do visits from ex-Hitler Youth members make me uneasy? Is the Pope Catholic? – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/julie-burchill/julie-burchill-do-visits-from-exhitler-youth-members-make-me-uneasy-is-the-pope-catholic-2073027.html
Papal visit: Bad tripper, good trip – The Guardian
https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/06/pope-state-visit-argument
Keeping the faith: how bleak is the future for Catholicism? – The Guardian
https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/05/catholicism-pope-benedict-church-future
Joan Smith: In defence of modern Britain. Writing in the Independent, Smith denies Britain is the “geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death” – The Independent
“I’ve always thought it a bit rich for Christians to accuse other people of belonging to a ‘culture of death’, when they go in for all those crucifixions, pietas and bleeding hearts.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/joan-smith/joan-smith-in-defence-of-modern-britain-2067886.html
Majority in Britain are indifferent to visit of the pope later this month – Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0906/1224278287616.html
Peter Tatchell: Why we oppose the Pope’s state visit to Britain – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-tatchell-why-we-oppose-the-popes-state-visit-to-britain-2051950.html
Londonderry Pastor Leads Local Opposition to Papal Visit- Londonderry Sentinel
https://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/Londonderry-pastor-leads-local-opposition.6522412.jp
Pope’s Visit Could Cost Britain More than 20 Million – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/popes-visit-could-cost-britain-more-than-16320m-2023994.html
If only the Catholic church did PR. Ann Widdecombe laments the Catholic Church’s inability to sell its message – The Guardian
https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/07/if-only-catholic-church-did-pr
The Vatican is a real state – the Guardian
Austen Ivereigh bats down secularists’ claims that Benedict is not a head of state.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/08/religion-vatican-statehood-immunity
Canon law has allowed abuse priests to escape punishment, says lawyer – The Guardian
https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/07/canon-law-abuse-priests-escape-punishment
Mark Dowd: How I changed my mind about the Pope – Catholic Herald
Self-described ‘gay’ ex-Dominican and documentary film maker for the BBC describes his conversion away from mainstream hostility to Pope Benedict.
https://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/2010/09/10/how-i-changed-my-mind-about-the-pope/
Video from the Telegraph: Pope Looking Forward to a “Joyful Celebration” in British Visit –
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/7989338/Pope-Benedicts-looking-forward-to-joyful-celebration-in-UK.html
Atheist Nick Clegg [British Deputy Prime Minister] to Greet Pope Benedict – Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/7985220/Atheist-Nick-Clegg-to-greet-Pope-Benedict-XVI.html
Pope won’t be arrested in UK, protesters admit – Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/7989636/Pope-wont-be-arrested-in-UK-protesters-admit.html
Papal visit: The Vatican puts its foot down. The Pope will celebrate the main part of ALL the Masses in Latin, says Marini – Telegraph
https://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100052595/papal-visit-the-vatican-puts-it-foot-down-the-pope-will-celebrate-the-main-part-of-all-the-masses-in-latin-says-marini/
The Pope’s Mass in Glasgow: are Benedict XVI’s liturgical wishes being ignored? – Telegraph
https://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100052446/the-popes-mass-in-glasgow-are-benedict-xvis-liturgical-wishes-being-ignored/
Taxpayers should not fund Pope’s visit, says survey – BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11180862
Daily Telegraph Offers Free Recording of Nuns Singing Gregorian Chant – Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/7994701/Free-recording-of-the-Benedictine-Nuns-Gregorian-chant.html
Catholics look ahead to Pope Benedict’s visit to the UK – BBC
https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8975000/8975747.stm
BBC 2 Documentary on Cardinal Newman will Reveal 2nd Miracle – BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/09_september/09/newman.shtml
Rollercoaster year now ending, says ambassador to the Vatican – Scotland Herald
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/rollercoaster-year-now-ending-says-ambassador-to-the-vatican-1.1054110
Politics and protests as the papal roadshow rolls into London – London Evening Standard
A non-Catholic senior Foreign Office source agrees: Senior Foreign Office source: “You’d be very foolish as a Government to fall in with the negative voices on a papal visit. Look at Australia – he went there at the height of the backlash about his handling of child abuse and among predictions that it would be a disaster. By the time he left, more people had turned out to see him than had seen the Sydney Olympics.”
https://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23876507-politics-and-protests-as-the-papal-roadshow-rolls-into-london.do
“The Pope’s British divisions”: BBC radio programme by Mark Dowd – BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk25
Boris Johnson, [Mayor of London] Welcomes Pope Benedict to London – Diocese of Westminster
https://www.rcdow.org.uk/papalvisit/blog/index.asp?15