It looks as if Cardinal Ruini's suggestion that as many of the faithful as possible attend the Pope's Sunday Angelus address has been taken up with great enthusiasm. 200,000 people gathered at St. Peter's Square and the surrounding areas to hear the Holy Father's address.Let's get a bit of perspective on this...
200,000 people turned up today. The usual attendance (on an ordinary, bog-standard Sunday) is about 20,000 (which in itself is far from shabby!) And the number of students at La Sapienza University staging a sit-in to protest about the Pope's visit was... umm... about 100.
The total student number is 138,000 - La Sapienza is the largest university in Europe. 100 protesters out of 138,000... hmmn...
The pope's speech and prayer were followed by three minutes of applause.
UPDATE: The BBC did a report about the cancellation of the Pope's visit to La Sapienza, and the protest of 67 academics and 100 or so of the students... Strangely, they appear to have missed the gathering of 200,000 people in the centre of Rome. Odd. They must have blinked and missed it... I mean, the impartiality and fairness of the BBC with regard to all things Catholic is well known...
it's legendary, in fact.
ReplyDeleteOne might even go so far as to say "mythical".
Surely you should know that BBC stands for 'Beelzebubb Broadcasting Corporation'? Thankyou very much for putting me as a link on your blog.
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