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No pontiff has visited since Henry VIII severed ties with the Catholic Church, and things are not entirely resolved as the Pope is to land in Scotland, not England.
It’s taken five hundred years, but later this afternoon the Pope will arrive in the UK.
The last visit by a pontiff was before Henry VIII and this visit comes after months of preparation.
Pope Benedict XVI will spend four days in Britain, but thousands of tickets to papal events remain unclaimed in an increasingly secular country even as many of the faithful express joy about his imminent arrival. ...
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