Does Pope Francis have a death wish?
Watching the Pope traverse down the
Streets of Rio in a Fiat vehicle with his windows wound down, huge crowds
swarming all around him, with some even reaching into the vehicle to touch the pontiff, what surely represents a nightmare to the operatives charged with papal security, one wonders if indeed the Pope appreciates who, what and where he is.
With the number of cranks all over the
world; persons who want to enter the record books for whatsoever reasons; and
the several conspiracies being unraveled in the Catholic Church (inclusive of
the perpetual mess at the Institute for the Works of Religion – Vatican Bank), candidates willing to have a go at Pope Francis are simply not lacking.
As I wish Pope Francis a safe and
peaceful journey, I could not but notice the fact that the Pope had traveled to
Brazil using an Alitalia airplane which the Vatican had leased from the carrier
for that purpose. Considering the Popes mode of transportation, I cast my mind back to our local smart alecs con-men all
across sub-Saharan Africa, who, using the instrumentality of religion, hoodwink
the majority of their countrymen to part with whatever little resources they
have, to fund the purchase of exotic limousines and private jets to enable the ‘men-of-god’ junket
the globe.
Here was the Pope, who, considering
the resources of the Catholic Church, could afford a fleet of Airbus A380 jets and an own brand of luxury vehicles,
opting to ‘rent’. Whilst our tin-god charlatans, who are allowed to continue in
their perfidy by State authorities as a means of mass obfuscation, scam the
living day lights out of us and purchase all manner of luxury vehicles and jets with their loot.
As Nigerians would say in our local
version of the English language, ‘God go punish devil’.
Picture: Pope Francis vehicle mobbed in the streets of Rio de Janeiro
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