The Catholic church is one of the richest organisations in the world so of course they should foot the bill.
They are a tad poorer than they were, due to all the compensation paid out to the victims of the paedophile priests.
i personally think he should stay away.
The pope is not the leader of a country. Whether said leader is a despot or not is neither here not there... Although paying for Robert Mugabe is only marginally less offensive to me than paying for the pope. I hope he is pelted with eggs personally.
Is he coming to apologise for his pervy brothers? The Catholic Church should pay for his visits. Would we pay for a Muslim cleric? Lol silly me we are, in benefits.