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We urgently need a more substantial replacement
Francis Campbell says visit will improve cooperation between British government and Holy See
The media, certainly, are not indifferent to the Pope’s trip. But are the faithful?
David Cameron should think carefully about Francis Campbell’s successor as British ambassador to the Holy See
Ann Widdecombe’s decision not to go to Rome has opened the field to other candidates
Pope Benedict XVI made the comment when he placed the pallium over the shoulders of Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham
But she might not be the only name on the table
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Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips