Who do you think should pay for the Pope's UK visit?
By oldchem1
@oldchem1 (8132)
May 21, 2010 12:49pm CST
Pope Benedict XVI will make the first papal visit to the UK since John Paul II's visit in 1982.
This visit though will not come cheap; the total bill(not counting the cost of police and security )- is estimated to be a staggering £15m. £7m will come from the Roman Catholic Church, the rest will be shouldered by taxpayers.
What do you think about this use of our money?
3 responses
@ericpapasit (1274)
• Philippines
23 May 10
If I were the Pope(I hope not!) I would rather make a good cost to that millions, I rather give it to the poor who need it much.... just sharing..
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@hvedra (1619)
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24 May 10
Why is it costing so much? We have a lot of heads of state visit here and I doubt they run up that kind of bill to the taxpayer - of course they don't hold open air masses which is going to be the big expense.
I do very much object to paying for other people to indulge in their religious choices like that.
The Vatican Bank could pay for it - what with all the billions they've made out of arms and pharmaceuticals (including contraceptives). The taxpayers should only pay as much as any other head of a small state (say Latvia) would cost to look after.
