Pope has the flu and cancelled apprences

[Beer Snob-50]

could this be code words for "The Pope is dying"

NO flames. This always seems to be the case when someone big in europe is dying.

[pres2032]

1. My God.... I hope not

i don't feel like spending the rest of the day crying. :cry:


I pray he's alright.

[ronnykmarshall]

2. Could be

He has been in bad health for sometime now.

[Beer Snob-50]

4. He has been!

I remember when Pope Paul VIth was pope, my Grandmother was in Italy. She went to the Vatican for the weekly audience as was told it was cancelled due to illness. He died a week or two later.

[Feathered Fish]

3. Ugh - - -

I can't even look at the guy, he makes me so upset. Hopefully the next Pope will be more accepting of progress made in the 20th century (but I'm not holding my breath).

[terrya]

5. Look for the white smoke....

I don't think JPII isn't long for this world.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. Me neither. He will be Canonized - mark my words

Like him or fucking hate him he was a very powerful and popular pontiff.

[terrya]

7. Oh, definitely. He will be canonized.

He is one of the most beloved popes in the history of the Catholic Church. I agree with you on that.

[pres2032]

8. i wouldn't be surprised if the canonization papers

are already filled out. His canonization porcess will go faster than Mother Theresa's.

[tjwmason]

11. I'm not so sure

He waived the 5 year rule for Bl. Mother Theresa, his successor would need to do the same for him.

I am sure that as soon as His Holiness is gone there will be prayers asking for the necessary miracles.

[tjwmason]

9. Not necessarily

His Holiness is a tenacious bugger, he has fallen ill and had cancelled appearences before, then rallied to better health.

All that we really know is that he is not well, that he has not been well for several years, but that he is getting the best medical treatment available.

The Sacred College is going to gather within the next few years, but exactly when we do not know.

[kick-ass-bob]

10. doesn't he have Parkinson's too?

or was that just rumor?

[tjwmason]

12. I think that has been confirmed

His Holiness's hands have been very shakey for several years - a prime indicator of parkinson's.