The most senior Catholic in England and Wales was midway up the M1, on his method to go to a pal in Birmingham, when a journalist known as asking him concerning the demise of the pope.
"I couldn’t believe it," Cardinal Vincent Nichols instructed Sky’s Rachel Venables.
"It was a real shock – after seeing Francis on the TV only yesterday."
The archbishop fondly remembers how a dialog a few holy shrine in Argentina quickly turned to a chat concerning the pope’s favorite soccer staff.
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