Welcome to the Pope
The leaked memo from the Foreign Office on the Popes visit to the UK is either one of its biggest blunders or could be thought deliberate to placate those who oppose the Popes preachings. The Catholic Church has had some bad press lately and there are several areas where Catholic beliefs are very different from the UK government, such as on abortion, contraception, gay rights and although not currently government policy euthanasia could become another one.
The theory of some government support for the memo should be resisted as you would hope the government would see the loss is far greater than the gain. Although there is a worrying factor that people in government departments discussed these ideas and actually considered them worth recording.
No matter what you think of the Catholic faith and the Pope, and I’m not a member, there are millions of worshippers in the UK and millions who will flock to see the Pope visit the UK. Those who want to disrupt should have some common decency and allow the leader of one of the worlds greatest churches a peaceful and welcoming visit.
Another case of contradiction - the Human Right to protest opposing the Human Right to worship in peace.