Over the past two days, the crowds have turned out in their hundreds of thousands to greet the Pope and celebrate his presence in Britain.
In the process, they have delivered an eloquent rebuke to the bilious hatred poured upon the Pontiff by such nauseatingly self-important individuals as Stephen Fry, who have spent the past week demonising the head of one of the world’s great religions.
If they had hoped to cow the Pope, they could not have been more wrong. For all week he has spoken with extraordinary candour.
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Daily Mail Comment–Pope gives Britain a lesson in candour
Over the past two days, the crowds have turned out in their hundreds of thousands to greet the Pope and celebrate his presence in Britain.
In the process, they have delivered an eloquent rebuke to the bilious hatred poured upon the Pontiff by such nauseatingly self-important individuals as Stephen Fry, who have spent the past week demonising the head of one of the world’s great religions.
If they had hoped to cow the Pope, they could not have been more wrong. For all week he has spoken with extraordinary candour.
Read it all.