Caitlin Burke

The Pope could cancel his planned visit to Britain because of a “hugely offensive” Foreign Office memo mocking his stance on abortion and birth control. I am trying to understand why this would be a bad thing.

Here’s the image of the claimed memo, published by the Telegraph.

I was expecting a whole list like the condom item, but many of these are serious issues on which the world’s Catholics are diverging further and further from their leadership. Why shouldn’t these issues be on the agenda for a visit by the Church’s leader to a modern, civilized nation?

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Why is the UK so eager to make nice with someone who heads an organization with so much to answer for?