An online poll of 2,005 adults issued by think tank Theos also found 79% had "no personal interest" in his visit.
The Pope is due to arrive on 16 September, the first papal visit since Pope John Paul II's 1982 trip.
The cost of the trip to UK taxpayers, previously estimated at £8m, could rise to between £10m and £12m.'
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As rich as the catholic church is, drinking out of golden chalices decorated with rubies, and other expensive stones, I find it hard to believe that they can't put together their own funding for his 'holy' trip.
ReplyDeleteI never could understand the people who kiss his ring and so on either. He is human just like the rest of us. He is not God.
what I find with the UK in general is that they like to waste money on frivolous things. People are homeless in the streets and hungry in a so called first world developed country, help them first instead of pandering to some glorified preacher, preaching the 'word'.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that what religion and Christianity is supposed to be about?
Not walking around in garments made out of the finest materials and encrusted with diamonds, and so on, when you are supposed to be preaching the word of God. Raising hands to the sky pretending to be holy when that is not the case.
It's all hypocrisy to me, and quite frankly I am sick of it.
Waste of money. He should stay in Rome or whereever he lives normally.