Poll: Most British Taxpayers Don't Want To Foot the Pope's Travel Bill 3.10K Jeff Neumann 09/04/10 01:53PM Filed to: Payments Payments the pope Britain Scotland Religion Vatican Gettypic A new poll suggests that 77% of Britons don't think taxpayers should have to pay for Pope Benedict XVI's £12 million visit later this month. No wonder, considering the Vatican has already banned all fun at the Pope's events.