David Cameron has offered a "warm welcome" to Pope Benedict XVI and said his visit would be a "great honour" for Britain.
In a video message posted on the No 10 website yesterday, the Prime Minister said: “I would like to offer Pope Benedict a very warm welcome to Britain for this incredibly important and historic visit.
"This is the first ever official papal visit to these shores and it's a great honour for our country.”
He said the next four days would be “very special” for Britain’s Catholics as well as many more watching worldwide, and that the trip was "a unique opportunity to celebrate the enormous contribution that all our faith communities make to our society”.
