Bob in Rome!

There was outrage as Zimbabwe president, Mugabe beats EU sanctions to attend Pope funeral.



Excerpt from the NewZimbabwe.com
ZIMBABWE'S President Robert Mugabe has joined world dignitaries in Rome for Friday's funeral of Pope John Paul, an official says, despite travel restrictions imposed on him by the EU.

The official said Mugabe, a Roman Catholic, had left for the Vatican on Wednesday night. He gave no further details.

The trip was immediately denounced by one of Mugabe's fiercest human rights critics, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo.

"That man will use any opportunity to fly to Europe to promote himself. The man is shameless," said the archbishop