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BY LifeSiteNews.com Compiled by Hilary WhiteLONDON, 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 http://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 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1310358/Those-oppose-Pope-Benedict-XVIs-visit-real-bigots.html?ito=feeds-newsxmlThe 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 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/faith/the-pope-witness-for-the-prosecution-2072954.htmlPope chooses rap song as soundtrack for his UK visit - The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pope-chooses-rap-song-as-soundtrack-for-his-uk-visit-2071913.htmlJulie Burchill: Do visits from ex-Hitler Youth members make me uneasy? Is the Pope Catholic? - The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/julie-burchill/julie-burchill-do-visits-from-exhitler-youth-members-make-me-uneasy-is-the-pope-catholic-2073027.htmlPapal visit: Bad tripper, good trip - The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/06/pope-state-visit-argumentKeeping the faith: how bleak is the future for Catholicism? - The  Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/05/catholicism-pope-benedict-church-futureJoan 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." http://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 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0906/1224278287616.htmlPeter Tatchell: Why we oppose the Pope's state visit to Britain - The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-tatchell-why-we-oppose-the-popes-state-visit-to-britain-2051950.htmlLondonderry Pastor Leads Local Opposition to Papal Visit- Londonderry Sentinel http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/Londonderry-pastor-leads-local-opposition.6522412.jpPope's Visit Could Cost Britain More than 20 Million - The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/popes-visit-could-cost-britain-more-than-16320m-2023994.htmlIf only the Catholic church did PR. Ann Widdecombe laments the Catholic Church's inability to sell its message - The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/07/if-only-catholic-church-did-prThe Vatican is a real state - the Guardian Austen Ivereigh bats down secularists' claims that Benedict is not a head of state. http://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 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/07/canon-law-abuse-priests-escape-punishmentMark Dowd: How I changed my mind about the Pope - Catholic HeraldSelf-described 'gay' ex-Dominican and documentary film maker for the BBC describes his conversion away from mainstream hostility to Pope Benedict.http://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 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/7989338/Pope-Benedicts-looking-forward-to-joyful-celebration-in-UK.htmlAtheist Nick Clegg [British Deputy Prime Minister] to Greet Pope Benedict - Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/7985220/Atheist-Nick-Clegg-to-greet-Pope-Benedict-XVI.htmlPope won't be arrested in UK, protesters admit - Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/7989636/Pope-wont-be-arrested-in-UK-protesters-admit.htmlPapal visit: The Vatican puts its foot down. The Pope will celebrate the main part of ALL the Masses in Latin, says Marini - Telegraphhttp://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? - Telegraphhttp://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 - BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11180862Daily Telegraph Offers Free Recording of Nuns Singing Gregorian Chant - Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/7994701/Free-recording-of-the-Benedictine-Nuns-Gregorian-chant.htmlCatholics look ahead to Pope Benedict's visit to the UK - BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8975000/8975747.stmBBC 2 Documentary on Cardinal Newman will Reveal 2nd Miracle - BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/09_september/09/newman.shtmlRollercoaster year now ending, says ambassador to the Vatican - Scotland Heraldhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/rollercoaster-year-now-ending-says-ambassador-to-the-vatican-1.1054110Politics and protests as the papal roadshow rolls into London - London Evening StandardA 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."http://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 - BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk25Boris Johnson, [Mayor of London] Welcomes Pope Benedict to London - Diocese of Westminsterhttp://www.rcdow.org.uk/papalvisit/blog/index.asp?15 http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/british-headlines-on-pope-visit/

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