consternation

The pope's arrival started well with the President's sincere and warm welcome. But the pope's sincere gesture to visit the Holocaust museum was criticised as lacking - they did not hear what they wanted to hear. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1242029498309&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Then later at the inter-religious dialogue, an uninvited speaker - a muslim cleric - took the podium and began a diatribe that caused visible consternation. The pope and his entourage walked out and the event ended in shambles. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1242029499952&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull