Because of this, our government can easily invoke your diplomat status to defend itself from being accused of violating secularism. It can claim that it’s just treating you the same way it would treat, say, Obama. But judging from the time Obama came here in early 2014, I can categorically say that all the fuss over him pales in comparison to the preps being made for you. And, well, let’s face it: I don’t think anybody who sees you when you arrive will be thinking, “Oh hey, it’s Diplomat Bergoglio, come to strengthen inter-state ties.” What people will see is a man who eats, sleeps, and breathes religion; a man of faith; a man who walks around with the word “holy” hovering, glinting, over his head, and that is the man our supposedly secular government is bending over backwards to accommodate.