Grim News From Liverpool

According to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral "Weekly Record" all the events during Pope Benedict's visit to Britain, including the Beatification of Cardinal Newman at Coventry Airport, are likely to be "ticket only". I am really miffed at this because I want to be there in solidarity with the holy father. What is the point of having a mass in such surroundings if we ordinary little people can't be there? Indeed, I have been hoping that Catholics would be able to turn out in such large numbers that the anti-papal visit protestors and their media allies would be well and truly swamped.