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People walk past a street artist dressed as a magician performing for money by a church in the main square in Leon, Mexico, on March 22, 2012. Leon's Metropolitan Park has been prepared for more than 100,000 campers in anticipation of the Pope's visit.

Mexico gets ready for Pope's visit

The Associated Press reports — Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Mexico Friday, a decade after his predecessor's last visit, to a very different country and a church that has suffered debilitating setbacks amidst sex abuse scandals and a lower percentage of Mexicans who call themselves Catholic today, compared to a decade ago.

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Comment author avatarsimply put-4281296

ahhhhh its not a magician. its the grand wizard of the kkk. but im so confused. the grand wizard is a black man.....where the white women at?

    Reply#1 - Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:24 PM EDT
    Comment author avatarsimply put-4281296

    hes taking donations in that sack so he can buy a lighter and gas to light that cross on fire behind him. hes the grand wizard ya know.

      Reply#2 - Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:25 PM EDT
      Comment author avatarSay What?-809562

      What a blithering idiot you are

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      Reply#3 - Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:13 PM EDT
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