The new Papal Visit booklet is a work of propaganda – it’s whole purpose is to give the impression that the Catholic Church and the British Government are the best of friends with abolutely nothing to worry about. The Pope has only come to pat everybody on the back and congratulate them on a job well done.

For example, the government people killed around 200,000 babies last year by abortion, Pope Benedict’s most recent encyclical mentions abortion three times yet the Papal visit booklet does not mention abortion at all.

Somebody will say “but James, they are trying to be positive” to which I respond that the Papal visit booklet mentions poverty nine times!

How come it is positive to omit abortion, but not negative to mention poverty? Is poverty something to be proud of these days?

They mention poverty because it is politically correct.

They are silent on abortion for the same reason they are silent on Terry Prendergast and Greg Pope. Because they don’t want to upset their friends in the liberal establishment.