silvija - "Pope's immunity could be challenged" - read it as an AIDS concern!

I urge blasphemy, yes.

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition on Downing Street's web site against the pope's 4-day visit to England and Scotland in September, which will cost U.K. taxpayers an estimated 15 million pounds ($22.5 million).

"Unlike in the United States, where the judges commonly uphold what the executive says, the British courts don't accept these things at face value," Robertson told The AP {"klusajā" sestdienā}. "The Vatican is not a state — it was a construct of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini."