Pope's State Visit To Britain Begins Thursday

Pope Benedict XVI begins a four-day state visit to Great Britain tomorrow. The full schedule for the visit, which begins in Edinburgh with a visit to the Queen in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, is posted on the Vatican's website.Yesterday's Financial Times reports on some of the logistical issues faced by those planning the trip.  The Pope's trip will culminate in a ceremony in Birmingham on Sunday beatifying Cardinal John Henry Newman, a 19th century British theologian. Zenit yesterday published an interview with Francis Campbell, U.K. ambassador to the Holy See, who said that the U.K. attaches great importance to its relationship with the Holy See.