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PREM19/602
Vatican (Possible visit to UK by the Pope in 1982) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 187
Any docs withheld? 23

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80 Jul 23 We Major Vatican: FCO letter to No.10 (possible visit of the Pope to the UK) [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 24 Su Major Vatican: Pattison minute to MT (Cardinal Hume invites Pope to visit UK) [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 25 Mo Major Vatican: Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie message to Pope John Paul II (Pope to visit UK) [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 27 We Major Vatican: Pattison minute to MT (Papal visit to the UK) ["it is clear that there is no question of the Pope travelling to Northern Ireland on this visit"] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 29 Fr Major Vatican: No.10 letter to FCO (Papal visit to the UK) [MT feels that Government should plan a reception or dinner for the Pope] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 31 Su Major Vatican: Sanders minute to MT (Ian Paisley calls No.10 to raise questions about Papal visit to the UK) [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 1 Mo Major Vatican: FCO letter to No.10 (Papal visit to the UK) ["There would of course be no protocol problem about the Prime Minister's receiving the Pope"] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 1 Mo Major Vatican: Protestant Reformation Society letter to MT (Papal visit to the UK) ["Protestant opinion in this country is strongly opposed to a visit by the Pope"] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 27 Sa Major Vatican: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit to the United Kingdom by Pope John Paul II in 1982") [Cardinal Basil Hume's thoughts about Papal visit] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 5 Fr Major Vatican: Text of Enoch Powell speech to East Grinstead Young Conservatives (Papal visit to the UK) [Gow: "J.E.P., whose brain I revere, really is off course here"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 21 We Major Vatican: Whitmore minute to MT ("Visit of the Pope, 1982") [planning for visit] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 12 Th Major Vatican: Armstrong minute to Peterson ("The Pope's Visit to the United Kingdom") [costs of visit] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 18 We Major Vatican: Hailsham minute to MT ("Visit of the Pope") [suggests that the Pope be invited to address members of Houses of Parliament] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 20 Fr Major Vatican: Armstrong minute to Peterson ("The Pope's Visit to the United Kingdom") [Armstrong opposes Hailsham's suggestion that the Pope be invited to address members of Houses of Parliament] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 20 Fr Major Vatican: Peterson minute to MT ("Visit of Pope: Possible Address to both Houses of Parliament") [Peterson is opposed; MT: "such a course of action would have the gravest consequences and would damage the Pope"] [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 16 Fr Major Vatican: Paisley letter to MT (British Council of Protestant Christian Churches protests Papal visit to the UK) [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 19 Mo Major Vatican: MT letter to Paisley (Papal visit to the UK) ["The Pope is recognised...as a Head of State, and as such must and will be shown proper courtesy...Such courtesy implies no recognition of the spiritual claims of the Papacy"] [declassified 2011]