Mandrake's straws in the wind

In no particular order:

1. "According to informants quoted in The Catholic Herald, the Queen has "grown increasingly sympathetic" to the Catholic Church over the years while being "appalled", along with the Prince of Wales, at developments in the Church of England".

2. "Duke of Edinburgh visits Catholic shrine before Pope's stay at the Palace".

3. "Pope Benedict XVI paves way for thousands of disaffected Anglicans to cross over to Rome".