Britons apathetic to Pope visit but disagree with state funding

A poll suggests that three quarters of Britons believe the taxpayer should not have to fund part of the cost of Pope Benedict's forthcoming UK visit. Seventy-seven per cent of participants on an online survey of 2,005 adults did not agree that the taxpayer should contribute to the bill for the four-day state visit this month. The survey, conducted by theology think tank Theos, found that only 24 per cent of respondents were actively opposed to the visit, but the majority disliked the idea of ...