Gordon Brown will visit the Vatican next week for an audience with the Pope – his first meeting with the Pontiff since he became Prime Minister.

Mr Brown will talk to Pope Benedict XVI about the global financial crisis and the worldwide response to the economic meltdown.

While he was Chancellor Mr Brown met Pope Benedict to talk about medical aid to the developing world.

During the meeting Mr Brown gave the Pope a book of sermons written by his father who was a Church of Scotland minister.

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