The Pope visits UK

What does it mean to me? Mostly, I am annoyed. There are more annoyed people commenting at beebs.

This is a state visit. If you are wondering which state the Pope hails from, it's the state of Vatican and it's a monarchy. The Pope is the monarch of Vatican. Seriously. What should we do in UK, welcome him to the 21st century, maybe.

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