Pope Visit UK 2010: Live
Stephen Fry has just tweeted: "Mm - this is the "atheist hate campaign" that I'm fuelling, apparently." He is referring to this interview he has given to the BBC explaining why he has signed of a letter calling for the Pope to not be given a state visit to Britain.
09.00: The Telegraph's religion man Martin Beckford tweets that there is a "spoof Twitter feed" for "Gorgeous Georg".
08.45: Cardinal Keith O'Brien, leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, adds to BBC Scotland: "That was unfortunate and each and every person's aides sometimes do make awkward, difficult remarks. Sometimes we make awkward, difficult remarks ourselves.
"And simply, if we do that sort of thing we apologise for it, and I'm sure Cardinal Kasper will apologise for any intemperate remarks which he made some time ago."
08:35: Archbishop Nichols, describes as "inexplicable" comments from Cardinal Walter Kasper, who said Britain resembled a "Third World country".
"On face value I find the remarks of Cardinal Kasper quite inexplicable," he told BBC Radio.
