Britain's most powerful Presbyterian courts UK papal visit
In an audience at the Vatican today, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has invited Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, to Britain and has promised him a "warm welcome".
The Presbyterian 'Son of the Manse' (a reference to the fact that his father was a Church of Scotland minister) enjoyed a meeting with the pontiff that lasted a little under 40 minutes including pleasantries. This was much longer than scheduled.
Mr Brown made global poverty a particular priority for the conversation, since this is a topic on which the two men see very much eye to eye....