From the Church Times-
THE VATICAN is expected to con firm that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the UK next autumn. It would be the first papal visit to Great Britain in 30 years, and the second since the Reformation. News of the visit seems to have emerged from a briefing for lobby journalists in New York during the Prime Minister’s visit to the UN and the G20 meetings.
An announce ment of this kind would usually be made by the Vatican first. The Archbishop of Canterbury responded “with delight” when he heard about it on Wednesday of last week, during his visit to Japan.
“Some time ago, following similar invitations from Roman Catholic bishops and the British Government, I personally expressed my hope to Pope Benedict that he would accept the invitation to visit Britain,” Dr Williams said. “I am therefore delighted to hear today that there is every possibility that the Pope may indeed visit Britain in the course of the next year. I’m sure I speak on behalf of Anglicans throughout Britain, in assuring him that he would be received with great warmth and joy.”
The Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Revd Vincent Nichols, who is President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, said: “We are encouraged and pleased at the news which has emerged about the possible official visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the UK next year.
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