An excuse is worse and
more terrible than a lie,
for an excuse is a lie guarded.�
� Pope John Paul II.
The campaign has been criticised by many as a last ditch attempt at getting support for his cause, which has been rapidly dwindling around the world because of ignorance, evil, materialism, homosexuality, apathy and a host of other reasons, none of which, incidentally, are affiliated with the Church itself.
This could be the first papal visit to the African continent since 1998 when his Popeness, known as J.P-twice to close friends and minor deities, met with Muslim leaders and the odd Nigerian priest at Abuja as part of a programme of Popely Publicity in the March of that year.
The agenda for the trip will begin with a blessing of the local children, at which photograph opportunities will be presented, for a small fee. J.P will then continue to make his speech to the nation, beginning by warning the starved masses against the evils of contraception, before moving on to the sin of sexual relations outside of marriage as a related issue, and a brief question and answer session.
When questioned over the wisdom of promoting unprotected sex in an overpopulated country where 2.2 million deaths were HIV-related in 2001, Pope John Paul replied vaguely, �As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.�
Unfortunately, much of the poverty stricken third world do not speak any of the eight languages His Popeness claims to converse fluently in, which may bring the visit to a premature conclusion.
- Feb 2003
