A lot of column inches have and will continue to be filled by debate about the pros and cons of Pope Benedict XVI official visit to the United Kingdom, the first in history! (not withstanding Pope John Paul 2's visit in 1982, which apparently doesn't count because it was a "Pastoral visit"). The worst possible backdrop to the Pontifs State visit, with new child abuse revelations emerging from Belgium, were only compounded by his former adviser, Cardinal Walter Kasper, who, orignally a part of his ecumenical negotiating team, must surely have been suffering from more than gout when he likened arriving at Heathrow to entering a "Third World country," and branded Britain a nation of "agressive atheists." Whether this be true or not, the visit, that has stirred up significant levels of opposition, with questions being asked about the £10 million price tag, has be constantly in the shadow of the Church's problem, pedophile priests and its failure to adequately address concerns of victims, past and present. Objective observers are bound to notice the incongruity of a white-haired, softly spoken octagenrian (who commands the attention of over 1 billion followers worldwide) admonishing Britain and the rest of the world on its lack of spirituality and "creeping secularism," while "creepy clergymen" who violate the innocence of countless children IN THEIR CARE go unpunished. Evidence, if evidence were needed, that NO MAN IS INFALLIBLE!