Pressure grows for 'third world' cardinal to say sorry

A papal aide who compared the UK to a “Third World country” was facing growing pressure to apologise today as the Pope flew in for his historic visit.

Pressure grows for 'third world' cardinal to say sorry

A papal aide who compared the UK to a “Third World country” was facing growing pressure to apologise today as the Pope flew in for his historic visit.

German-born Cardinal Walter Kasper, 77, was not in the Pope’s entourage, but Vatican officials attributed his absence to ill health.

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