When Pope Benedict XVI visits the Caribbean next month he emphatically will not be be stopping-over in Baruba. This is the clear message coming out of the Vatican today.
The question is was he pushed or did he fall?
For weeks now Baruba’s Catholic faithful have been hoping and praying the island’s controversial ‘Compulsory Condoms For All” (CCFA) campaign – financed by China – would not cause the Pontiff to skip the ceremonial kissing the airport runway ceremony at Baruba’s Island Hopping, Intercontinental & Interplanetary Space and Winged Flight Centre.
But an announcement on Friday by Baruba’s defiant Prime Minister Sir Baldwin J. Scantlebury OBE WAN KAN OBE proved to be the last nail in the coffin of ecumenical co-operation.
Appearing on the popular Baruba Broad Band Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBBBC) Town Hall meeting last Friday Mr. Scantlebury admitted to a questioner the Vatican had asked for the CCFA programme to be suspended during the Pope’s planned visit.
“No way. Once we start a programme funded by the taxpayers at their request I’m not having some dude from Rome in fancy dress and lace-fringed shoes interfering in our affairs.”
Members of the Baruban Beachfront Villa Maid & Butler Union (VIMBUN) and owners of Baruba’s 3 luxury hotels fearing a Catholic tourist backlash during these dire economic times petitioned the Prime Minister’s office asking for a temporary injection allowing the suspension of free condoms delivered with the gas, electricity and water bills.
Sir Gladstone Scantlebury CBE & BAR, Chairman of the Baruba Public Relations & Tourism Promotion Authority (BARPSTAUTH), said “Not to worry. When this manure hits the fan everyone will be talking and Googling about Baruba and coming here to take advantage of the “Compulsory 20 Free Condoms” given to every visitor on arrival.
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