Our Lady Of Guada-Loopy

Now, I come from a pretty long line of New York state Irish Catholic Dems, myself. I'm nowhere near as spiritual as my parents are, but I respect them for it. The point is however, if you're the Secretary of State for the US, the country's top diplomat, you're in heavily, heavily Catholic Mexico, you are visiting the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the more famous Catholic shrines in North America, you should probably read up on it first.

This saves you from asking embarrassing questions like "Who painted it?"

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was miraculously imprinted by Mary on the tilma, or cloak, of St. Juan Diego in 1531. The image has numerous unexplainable phenomena, such as the appearance on Mary’s eyes of those present in the room when the tilma was opened and the image’s lack of decay.

Mrs. Clinton was received on Thursday at 8:15 a.m. by the rector of the Basilica, Msgr. Diego Monroy.

Msgr. Monroy took Mrs. Clinton to the famous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which had been previously lowered from its usual altar for the occasion.

After observing it for a while, Mrs. Clinton asked “who painted it?” to which Msgr. Monroy responded “God!”

Obama has enough of a problem with Catholics these days anyway, Madam Secretary. And you're not helping him. Whether or not you personally believe in the Miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Clinton as a diplomat shouldn't have asked that and implied a question in their beliefs right in front of a whole hell of a lot of people who obviously do believe.

On the other hand, the Pope has enough of a problem with science too. Which one's more embarrassing?