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1. The Pope's Visit 2010

   Tuesday 31 August 2010, 16:47

   Aaqil Ahmed

   Head of BBC Religion & Ethics

   On the morning of 28 May 1982, an Alitalia 727 aircraft touched down at London Gatwick airport. Minutes later Pope John Paul II knelt down and kissed the tarmac. What followed was an historic and demanding six-day tour of the UK that gripped the nation, and dominated the news both in the UK and...

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