Despite the dire warnings of disaster the Pope's visit the other week seems to have been a great success and he came across very well. It was very noticeable that the tenor of the BBC coverage changed part-way through the visit, when they realised that he was actually receiving a warm welcome and that the mass demos were turning out to be a bit of a damp squib. Suddenly they stopped mentioning child abuse every other sentance and began discussing what he was actually saying and doing. I even heard one reporter admitting that he was FORCED to join the Hitler Youth, rather than the usual tactic of just mentioning his membership and declining to mention he never went to the meetings. A minor miracle I think!
Sometimes people surprise you and I have been pleasantly surprised by Pope Benedict on this visit - I think it is good for him to get out of the Vatican and to visit the real world, he should do it more often, it'll lessen the influence of those morons in the Curia, who have advised him so badly over the last couple of years.
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