Let's hope the anti-demo police aren't the same as for the G8 in Genova, or Ratzy's going to have to do some praying over bits and pieces of student.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

At 17h52 the Vatican issued a brief communiqué cancelling Ratzinger's visit scheduled for tomorrow to la Sapienza, one of the largest universities in Europe. Last November the pope had been invited to inaugurate the academic year with a magistero lectio. After protests by the academic community, partially for the present pope's policies towards science as well as the fact that he is nothing more than a foreign head of state, the pope's visit had been redimensioned to a visit to the University chapel after the inauguration ceremony.

The mounting outcry and massive student demonstrations against his presence today prospected a grave security risk for tomorrow in the view of authorities.

There are a few prayer-ins going on and sundry statements by the right deploring the situation.

The student are in jubilee.