tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post6794774668739249554..comments2023-09-06T08:33:02.843-04:00Comments on Ottawa Beige: Can't pass up a Popemobile headlineAdrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01669601915445747139noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post-91212772379954394462007-06-06T11:47:00.000-04:002007-06-06T11:47:00.000-04:00Smiting the wicked, indeed.Yes, the Catholic churc...Smiting the wicked, indeed.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the Catholic church must deal with all kinds of terrain and the most unpredictable human situations as well. I mean, you could have an adoring fan (which can border on an obsessive, scary fan) next to a normal person, next to a political radical, next to an ultra-religious grandma, next to a potential professional assasin.<BR/><BR/>The crowds they show in the developing world, particularly Brazil, Central America and the Philippines, are huge, chaotic and pretty much medeival.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of medeival, if a guy threatens the Pope today, he gets a nice mental check-up...if a guy threatened the Pope in the 1500s, there was some meat-hook hanging and feet-burning kind of therapy available back in those times...Jan Triskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884544535834414741noreply@blogger.com