As the papal visit drew to a close yesterday evening, organisers, the Prime Minister, and the Vatican all hailed it as a success.
Chris Patten, a co-organiser of the visit, said the visit “demonstrated how much faith matters to so many people in this country, not just to Catholics, but to people of all religions”.
The visit was declared “historic” by Lord Patten and by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, in a speech before the Pope’s departure in which he added that the Pope had a message that was “not just to the Catholic Church, but to each and every one of us”.
