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Britain’s leading secularist organization is furious that Pope Benedict is to be given a slot within a flagship BBC news programme to speak unchallenged for several minutes.

It’s being claimed that the Vatican prevented a dangerous paedophile priest from being defrocked, and didn’t act till he had gone on to assault a boy in a pub toilet.

Today is the last day of Pope Benedict XVI’s UK visit, and he will hold a mass in the English Midlands, where 19th-century Catholic convert Cardinal Newman will be beatified as part of his road to sainthood.

Pope Benedict XVI will face more protests today as he goes about the third day of his four-day visit to the United Kingdom. Today, protests will focus on the Pope’s opposition to gay equality.

Five men have been arrested on potential terrorism charges during Pope Benedict’s visit to the UK. However, his itinerary has not been changed.

As concern mounts over the cost of the Pope’s visit to Britain in September, it’s emerged that the faithful will have to cough up £25 (US$39) to see him.

The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales says he doesn’t expect Pope Benedict’s visit to the UK in two months’ time to be a “firefight” over the priestly abuse scandal.

The Pope’s visit to Britain in September is in disarray, and the taxpayer shouldn't be expected to pick up the tab, says the UK’s outspoken National Secular Society.

The British diplomat who has been disciplined for a now notorious memo suggesting that Pope Benedict be invited to bless a gay marriage when he’s in the UK has now been named.

During a meeting last weekend about communication and new media, Benedict XVI spoke of a need to give the Internet "a soul" and to humanize the dynamics of the digital world, calling on more online Christians to give witness to their beliefs.