And so to the church's own holocaust – in Africa. Condoms can protect Africans from Aids. But who can protect them from Ratzinger? The Catholic church has long pursued a no-condoms policy.

It had recently been announced Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Ratzinger) was to visit the United Kingdom in around a year's time; it wasn't clear in September 2009 if the pontiff was to make a pastoral or state visit. The State visit took place in September 2010.