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Archbishop Nichols: Pope 'wants to be heard'

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The Archbishop of Westminster has backed the Pope's criticism of the government's equality bill.

Archbishop Vincent Nichols, head of the Catholic church in England and Wales, argued on the Today programme that the Pope was right to want his "reasoned voice" to be heard in the political debate.

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