UK: Pope invited to visit North East

Pope Benedict XVI has been invited to speak at Durham Cathedral when he visits the UK in 2010.
Friday, 30 October 2009

The invitation, from a partnership of Anglicans and Catholics, follows a visit by a Vatican representative to Durham University in March.

It was made by Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, and is supported by Bishop Seamus Cunningham of the Catholic diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

If accepted, it would be the first Papal visit to north-east England. the rest