Agree with Vatican decision Pope's visit canceled

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jan15/0,4670,VaticanPopeUniversity,00.html

snip

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has canceled his visit to a Rome university following protests by secular professors and students, the Vatican said Tuesday.

Such a cancellation of a scheduled papal event is extremely rare, and the few times it has happened in recent decades, the Vatican cited security concerns. No specific reason was given in a brief Vatican announcement and Vatican spokesmen could not be reached for comment.

"It was considered opportune to skip the event," the Vatican said of Benedict's planned visit and speech Thursday at La Sapienza, a public university. Instead, the pope will send his speech to the university.

When news of the cancellation reached the campus, students in a political sciences hall broke into applause.

About 60 of the 4,500 professors at the university had signed a letter to the university rector, opposing the visit. Banners reading "Science is secular" and "No pope" have been strung from university buildings and posters plastered on walls objected to the visit. Students had announced several days of demonstrations this week. The university has 145,000 students.

***
I say "great" because obviously the university doesn't deserve to have the Pope as a visitor, which is a privilege and not a right.

They are obviously too ignorant to understand what he is saying and who he represents anyway (parents of students at this University, um, you might want to rethink what kind of education they are getting).

"Screw 'em" and "pound salt" I say. The Pope is right not to go.