'God wants the very best for you': Benedict XVI in the UK
Looking back, 12 years on from that visit, how has Pope Benedict XVI shaped the future of the Catholic Church in England and Wales? Certainly, for every Catholic in their late twenties and early thirties whom I know, Benedict is the reason we are still Catholics. And for those who have converted, or those who had lapsed and have reverted in the last 12 years, he seems to have been a common factor in bringing people back into the loving arms of the Church.
