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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Not wanting to go too far down this path but he is a non-democratic head of a religious enclave (not political country or sovereign state) As head he is voted in by people that the previous pope has appointed..
Most others in this situation wouldn't be recieved as a head of state or a nation as he is in fact neither
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He is a democratically elected head of state, much more so than our own Queen at any rate.
I was in general support for his visit, being a head of state, head of a church over a billion strong and for the overal influence this man has. However the figures involved are mind boggling up to £12 million from the tax payer, up to 10 million from the Catholic church and that's not even taking into account the security costs, that is far to much imo and can't be justified.