I read a short article on Saturday in the National Post about how the tomb of John Paul II gets 15,000 visitors per day. The crowds that come to the Vatican to file past his final resting place are so large that Vatican security has set up a seperate queue just for them. These visits are on top of the five million people who crowded into St. Peter's Square for the vigil and funeral when John Paul died just over a year ago.

These numbers are amazing. And what's truly remarkable is that you never hear of tramplings, riots or deaths. After all, when you think of the pilgrims who travel to Mecca every year to throw rocks and worship a giant black cube (I laughed the first time I read about that ten years ago - I thought it was a joke), there are always mass riots and people trampled underfoot by the Religion of Peace.

But those crazy Catholics manage to stay alive. I guess they're just not worshipping properly.