Pope John Paul II Died?

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I was watching Court TV today and they had breaking news that the press had released that Pope John Paul II had died, but the Vatican had not yet confirmed. But I just read something up on MSNBC that says the Vatican is denying it. Does anyone know anything else?
 
The pope is in a critical condition but has not died. The Vatican has released a press release confirming he is close to death. This is surely a dark day..
 
According to the Vatican, Pope John Paul II's breathing is becoming shallow and several of his major organs - including his kidneys and heart - are growing weaker. That is pretty much very close to death. Very sad.
 
His holiness is not dead yet. However, The Vatican have said there is no hope, and his death is imminent.

It's a sad time for Catholics worldwide.

Me he rest in peace, and have a safe journey home.

Simon
 
aloha..

Not only for catholics worldwide, but for other different religons and non-believers... The question is.... Who will be the next pope and will the next person be as true as John Paul II....
 
The next Pope will be appointed by the cardinals, and as far as I know, there has been no word as to who that will be.
 
There are something like 7 prime candidates for the papal seat, but no word as to who is the front-runner. Only real garuntee is that it won't be an American. lol.

Kind of strange, this is the only pope I remember, going to be odd seeing someone else on the Vatican throne.

Rest in Peace, Your Holiness.
 
We'll know who the new Pope is in the next 30 days; The Cardinals convene to vote on it in 15 days from now.

I'd like to see an African emerge from this Conclave as Pope, personally.

Simon
 
I think the next pope will come from a Latin American country.
Argentina and Venezuela have been mentioned in the past few months as countries who had papal candidates.
 
I'd like to see an African emerge from this Conclave as Pope, personally.
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I heard a comment from the news that the church is "not ready" for an African pope. It is also highly unlikely that there will be an American pope.
 
It is also highly unlikely that there will be an American pope.
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I think a lot of the vatican's concern with this is that American Catholicism has been one of the most highly recognized voice for change in the catholic church.

As stated on numerous news broadcasts of the Pope's memorial, the Pope's job was to maintain what God had taught. It never mattered who agreed with it. It's not the Pope's job to please people, but instead to tell them how it is, or how it's suppose to be. Religion is not a democracy.

I'm sure that one of the concerns of allowing an American Pope would be the possibility of the Pope changing or swaying in the direction of popularity, rather than that of God's teachings.

This is one of the things that made Pope John Paul II one of the most respected figures of our time. He never strayed from what was right just to please the ever changing society of people who wanted him to give his blessing for abortion, or his blessing to change how Catholicism thought about birth control, etc. He instead followed what God had written, rather than what society requested.

Interestingly enough, with that in mind, it was reported very briefly on MSNBC this morning about George W. Bush's relationship with the Pope, and they had stated that the Pope indeed gave his blessing to Bush in regards to the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism, calling it a "Mission for peace and freedom." but warned Bush that vengence could not be a driving emotion behind his decision.

I found that to be a very interesting little factoid, knowing that the Pope never made a decision based on popular belief, rather what God has written.
 
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