That's some houseguest. The Pope invited himself to visit England, and asked the British government to pay for it — that takes some gall right there — and is now revealing that the bill for his visit will be at least £20 million. They're dropping all that cash to fête a ringleader for child rapists…it makes no sense. What are people doing over there?
There ought to be a flat declaration that if he wants to visit England, he's doing so as a private citizen — all costs to be paid by the Catholic church — and that there will also be no protection against being served any legal papers. He's head of a criminal organization, and that shouldn't warrant any special privileges.
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