The Pope visits

Traffic Tie-Ups, Disruptions Expected During Visit
D.C. Officials Recommending Patience, Planning
By Lena H. Sun
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 13, 2008; C01

The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Washington this week could cause major traffic backups and disrupt subway and bus commutes on a scale not seen since the state funeral for former president Ronald Reagan four years ago, transportation officials said....

Yeah, whatever. You know where I think this clueless fuck should be visiting with his cadre of secret service looking dudes? The Arizona desert where pollos die trying to get across the border to make enough to feed their families. Let's see how long those suits last jogging through that heat. That's not to say that Mexicans are not ignoring the Church's cluelessness now:

...Around the world, fertility rates have fallen from an average of 4.95 children per woman in the 1960-1965 period to 2.96 children in the first half of the '90s. ... a 60 percent decline from the mid-1960s.

But fast-growing populations are like speeding locomotives that cannot brake slowly, and even though Mexican birth rates fell dramatically, the population has continued to surge....

Because this:

The Pope and Birth Control: A Crisis in Catholic Authority
Friday, Aug. 09, 1968
ROME has spoken," runs an ancient proverb of the Roman Catholic Church. "The case is closed." No longer true.
Last week Pope Paul VI formally promulgated his encyclical on birth control, which condemns all methods of contraception, except rhythm, as against the will of God.

Really wasn't that long ago.

Funny how he's not visiting Tijuana, he's safer than most Mexicans in that Popemobile of his.

You think he'll be visiting anywhere that they are having food riots?