... hear about this in the British media, of course, but look here and here for what really happened when Papa B. visited Malta.
Children in their hundreds singing to him, vast enthusiastic crowds packing out the streets and squares, the harbour filled with boats and cheering people...and a huge rapport between him and all these people as he spoke of their values, their commitment to marriage and family and human life...
And this good and decent man wept when he met victims of abuse, and prayed with them and they have spoken of what this has meant to them...
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Yet the Telegraph, who has been less virulent that other newspapers managed to report this morning that the Pope had 'bowed to intense pressure to meet those who had been abused'
Anyone who has worked in a large organisation knows that the top person's diary is totally controlled by his/her outer office. So it is more likely that the Holy Father was the one who eventually prevailed against his outer office to ensure that time was made available in the diary for this important meeting.
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