Papal PR

(BBC World News)

There are two very interesting PR aspects of the Pope’s U.S. visit. First, check out the extreme vetting and process involved for journalists as described by the Washington Post. Media must join the corps for the entire tour:

“Bubble residents no longer question another standard rule: If you wish to travel on one leg of the pope’s trip, you must travel on the whole thing, for security and reasons of (papal) organizational ease, you’re told.