Lord Patten Reflects on the Papal State Visit to Britain, Cardinal Newman, and Church-State Relations

Lord Christopher Patten is the British government's special representative for the first state visit of a Pope in British history. Lord Patten is a former Member of Parliament, was Governor of Hong Kong, and is currently Chancellor of Oxford University. In the following interview he reflects on Pope Benedict's upcoming visit to Great Britain, the importance and continuing influence of Cardinal Newman, and the relationship of church and state in the United Kingdom.