How to celebrate a red hat

His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith arrives in Sri Lanka.  Thousands of people flock to welcome and greet His Eminence.

 Archdiocese of Colombo(a ton of great photos, check it out)

Probably not the way His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke will be greeted here in Wisconsin....

HT LC

Sri Lanka has 1.4 million Catholics, about 8% of the total population.  The country is a socialist republic and predominantly Buddhist.  Wisconsin has 1.6 million Catholics or around 30% of the state population.