Pope Benedict arrives by helicopter at Rome's Fiumicino airport,
then boards his Alitalia flight for Sao Paulo:
Video of the departure on:
mediaserver.kataweb.it/tgrep/reuters/partenzapapabrasile.wmv
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DON'T FAIL TO SCROLL UP, AS THIS IS ALREADY THE FIFTH POST FOR TODAY,
DAY-1 OF THE POPE'S TRIP TO BRAZIL.
CAVEAT ON MSM COVERAGE OF THIS TRIP:
The MSM line is obviously this: doom and gloom for Catholicism's future in Latin America, and rank skepticism about whether Benedict is equipped to deal with the problem at all (as if he were a retarded dotard!). Well, he will surprise them yet again!
The other common feature of the MSM line is the importance they give to Liberation Theology. Lella in her blog made a very pointed observation:
LT cannot have been that effective since it apparently has not managed to keep or attract the Catholics who have migrated to the Protestant sects!
Remember - the sects and LT are playing to the same audience - the poor and the desperate. So who's winning? None of the MSM commentators have taken this into account at all!
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 09/05/2007 14.40]