More than 75% of people who commented on the proposal objected, saying it would obstruct the view of the cathedral and impact on wildlife.

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"I set up one camera with a wide-angle lens for a wide view of the whole cathedral, and another with a longer lens trained on the centre of the cathedral floor below, " says Lipinski.

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"It is almost at the very top of the cathedral dome, so it's an unusual view of the inside of St Paul's people seldom get to see, " says Lipinski.

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Alejandro Russo, the rector of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, said it was unlikely the pope had ever expressed such a view, even in private.

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