London, England (News Today) - Pope Benedict XVI's second day in London will see him meeting with the prime minister and political leaders before speaking to the faithful at two major locations in the British capital.
Separate meetings were planned Saturday morning between the pope and Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, and acting opposition leader Harriet Harman.
After a Mass in Westminster Cathedral, the mother church for Catholics in England and Wales, the pope was due to greet both young and old -- the 2,500 children gathered in the cathedral's piazza and the residents of a Catholic care home nearby.
Thousands were also expected at London's Hyde Park for an afternoon prayer vigil for the beatification of British Cardinal John Henry Newman, a Catholic convert who died in 1890 and is credited with helping rebuild Britain's Catholic community.
Saturday was also a day of protests, however.
Though demonstrators were on London's streets Friday as the pope drove past, a larger group including atheists, clerical sexual abuse survivors and gay rights campaigners planned a march to show their opposition to the pope's state visit.
Saturday was the third day of the pope's trip to Britain.
He spent Thursday in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, and planned to travel to Birmingham, England, on Sunday.
Source : CNN
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pope to meet political leaders, minister to faithful
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