As Certain as Death And Taxes - Will Mexicans Embrace Pope Benedict News Stories

I really think the Vatican does little to battle these stories because as we have seen countless times the breathless "will they come out stories" so lower the bar of expectations that they come smelling like a rose.

Its not too early too start Mexican worshippers underwhelmed by papal visit

There is no doubt John Paul the II was special in the way he really set the now apparent Pope as huge world traveler theme. But as we have seen on so many other Papal trip the predictions of a "letdown" rarely occur.