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Controversy Marks Pope's State Visit to UK

History is taking place in Great Britain. Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope to make a state visit to the United Kingdom since Pope John Paul II's 1982 visit. The Papal visit to Britain begins in Edinburgh, where Britain's 84-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will greet the 83-year-old Pope before rallying Britain's 6 million Catholics at open air masses and parades through the streets in his armored car nicknamed the Popemobile. But this four-day, $20 million visit is already mired in...Full Story
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