Talking points: The pope's controversial U.K. visit

Journalists are fuming, protesters are plotting, and Susan Boyle has nearly collapsed. Here's the lowdown on Pope Benedict XVI's official trip 

The polarizing Pope Benedict.
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Pope Benedict XVI has touched down in the United Kingdom for his first papal visit and received a chilly welcome from the famously pugnacious British press — which has seized on a papal aide's remark that Britain resembles a "third-world country" — and anti-religion activists, who've threatened to arrest the pontiff for "crimes against humanity." That said, at least one Brit was overwhelmed by excitement. Here's a more detailed guide to the key talking points: (Watch a report about his U.K. visit)

1. The attack of the atheists

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