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The Pope has died
« on: Apr 2^nd, 2005, 2:14pm »

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BREAKING NEWS

MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 2:54 p.m. ET April 2, 2005VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II died Saturday after a prolonged illness, the Vatican announced to the world. He was 84 and had led the Roman Catholic church for 26 years the longest term of any modern pope.

The pontiff died in his Vatican chambers after his health quickly deteriorated in recent weeks.

Before the pope's death, thousands of pilgrims had gathered on St. Peters Square to stand vigil, many tearfully gazing up at his third-floor window. The faithful around the world joined them in prayer.

'Placid and serene' before death
Vatican Cardinal Achille Silvestrini visited John Paul Saturday morning, accompanied by another cardinal, Jean-Louis Tauran.

I found him relaxed, placid, serene. He was in his bed. He was breathing without labor. He looked like he lost weight, Silvestrini said.

He said the when he and Tauran came into the room, the pope seemed to recognize them.

The pope showed with a vibration of his face that he understood, indicating with a movement of his eyes. He showed he was reacting, he added.

Around the world, people of different faiths had joined in prayer for John Paul.

Catholics, fellow Christians, ... will be praying for him at this time as he comes toward the end of his extraordinary and wonderful life, said Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor, the archbishop of Westminster and one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Britain, speaking to reporters outside Londons Westminster Cathedral.

'Man of peace'
In France, Muslim leader Dalil Boubakeur said Muslims had been praying for the pope, whom he described as a man of peace whose stature was a determining factor for change in the world.

In the popes home country, Poles gathered at churches as word spread Friday morning of his deteriorating condition.

I want him to hold on but it is all in Gods hands now, said 64-year-old Elzbieta Galuszko at the church where the pope was baptized in Wadowice, southern Poland. We can only pray for him so he can pull through these difficult moments.

The pope received the sacrament for the sick and dying on Thursday evening. Formerly called the last rites, the sacrament is often misunderstood as signaling imminent death. It is performed both for patients at the point of death and for those who are very sick and it may be repeated.

Hospitalized twice last month following two breathing crises, and fitted with a breathing tube and a feeding tube, John Paul had become a picture of suffering.

His 26-year papacy was marked by its call to value the aged and to respect the sick, subjects the pope turned to as he also battled Parkinsons disease and crippling knee and hip ailments.

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Re: The Pope has died
« Reply #1 on: Apr 2^nd, 2005, 2:32pm »

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I'm taking a moment of silence and pray for his soul. What a sad day. Cry

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« Reply #2 on: Apr 2^nd, 2005, 2:38pm »

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Indeed it is a sad day JP, the world lost a good man. Cry

Those shoes will be hard to fill. God blessed us with him and has now blessed him with eternal life. It's hard, but i just keep telling myself that he's in a much better place than we are and with any luck when our times comes we can join him. Cry

Rest in Peace Karol

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« Reply #3 on: Apr 2^nd, 2005, 2:50pm »

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This is a sad day. He was such a great man, its amazing what he brought to this world. So many Faiths were touched by this great man.

I will also have a moment of slience for Pope John Paul II.

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« Reply #5 on: Apr 3^rd, 2005, 1:22am »

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« Reply #6 on: Apr 3^rd, 2005, 3:14am »

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I'm sorry to hear the pope died. Hopefully whoever replaces him will take a stronger position on child molesters/pedafiles/predators within the church. I think John Paul II was a great man and I'm sorry to see him go, but I was very disappointed with how the whole situation was swept under the carpet for years while the church under his authority. He had a chance to make a strong stand on that issue and chose not to. With a new pope coming in, I am hoping to see that change.

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« Reply #7 on: Apr 3^rd, 2005, 4:13pm »

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He not only was a spiritual leader to Catholics, but to the whole world.

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« Reply #8 on: Apr 3^rd, 2005, 7:54pm »

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I know but it is still surprising about how many people have no clue of what the pope does! I don't really know but nobody in my family even know the pope even is!!

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« Reply #9 on: Apr 3^rd, 2005, 7:59pm »

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this is a very sad week for us Catholics.... Pope John Paul II was a great pope and has touched many.... he was loved by Filipinos and when he visited Manila in '94, 4 million Filipinos flocked to attend his mass....

I hope that whomever becomes the next pope would be at par with JPII... and may he continue JPII's works...

may JPII rest in peace...

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