This morning, before the beatification, the Archbishop of Canterbury told the pope: “You have encouraged us to draw closer to the rock upon which the Church is built.”
If nothing else, if this is true, it makes the papal visit a success.
Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online .
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