“The aim of Augustine was the conversion of England. Benedict is more ambitious. He seeks to persuade the entire world, not just Britain, that faith in Christ is a gift to be discovered…Augustine’s battle was with Dark Age paganism, but Benedict’s is against New Age secularism.”
Ruth Gledhill on the importance of the 2010 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain in The Times Religion Article, 1 September 2010, 14-15.