Pope not returning to hospital, doctor says; Suffering nausea, headaches

[REP]

Mar. 23, 2005. 01:00 AM

VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul II is vomiting, suffering strong headaches and not responding well to his medications, the Italian news agency Apcom reported yesterday.

But the pontiff's chief doctor dismissed speculation the Pope will be hospitalized again.

Quoting unnamed sources, the news agency also reported that John Paul was suffering from overall weakness as he recovered from surgery to ease a breathing crisis.

But the head of the pontiff's medical team, Dr. Rodolfo Proietti, ruled out media speculation that the Pope's health had deteriorated suddenly and might require a return to the hospital he was discharged from 10 days ago.

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[DemBones DemBones]

1. Pope Blesses Crowd From His Studio Window

AP report on Yahoo



VATICAN CITY - Looking gaunt, Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II appeared at his studio window Wednesday and blessed faithful in St. Peter's Square

In the approximately one-minute-long appearance, the ailing pontiff raised his hand in blessing a few times but didn't speak.


Looking up at the third-floor window were thousands of pilgrims and tourists in the square. John Paul traditionally holds a public audience on Wednesdays, but the Vatican (news - web sites) had said on Tuesday that it wouldn't be held this week.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=732&e=4&u=/ap/20050323/ap_on_re_eu/pope

[Zerex71]

2. Someone pull his feeding tube already.

[IndianaGreen]

3. "vomiting, suffering strong headaches and not responding well..."

I fear we are about to lose this Pope. Despite my disagreements with Pope John Paul II on many of the stands he has taken, no one can deny that he has been one of the world's most influential persons in the last hundred years. His bigoted statement that gays were inherently evil must be balanced against his staunch defense of life and his stark warning that if Britain and the US invaded Iraq, they would do so without G_d.

[ender]

4. sounds like migraines/strokes.

[kiraboo]

5. I did not hear about the Pope making that statement. Where did you? n/t

[IndianaGreen]

6. The Pope issued a warning to Blair and Bush before they invaded Iraq

a statement in which the Pope said that if Britain and the US went into Iraq, they would do so without G_d. The Pope was very concerned about the potential civilian casualties, not to mention the misery that America's military might would inflict on Iraqi society. Subsequent events, and more than 100,000 Iraqi dead, have proven the Pope right.

The story was published in the European press, and it was posted in DU at the time. The American media was cheerleading for the war, so they didn't cover the Pope or the massive antiwar demonstrations that preceded the Iraq invasion.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Pope to Bush: Go into Iraq and you go without God

Most of the news reports are already archived, but here is one that I Googled. Please note the date, March 5, 14 days before the war began:

Pope to Bush: Go into Iraq and you go without God
By CHB Staff and Wire Reports
Mar 5, 2003, 07:18

Pope John Paul II has a strong message for President George W. Bush: God is not on your side if you invade Iraq.

But the President told the pope's envoy the leader of the world's Catholics is wrong.

<snip>

(Cardinal Pio) Laghi came bearing the pope's message: A war would be a "defeat for humanity" and would be neither morally nor legally justified.

The Pope also questioned the President's statements invoking God's name as justification for the invasion.

"God is a neutral observer in the affairs of man," the Pope said. "Man cannot march into war and assume God will be at his side."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=15&num=1883

[kiraboo]

8. Thanks! I knew he made statements against going to war, but I don't

remember the "go without God" part. The proclamation didn't prevent my Catholic in-laws from voting for Bush 2004, alas. The abortion issue weighed in more heavily than did the Iraq invasion.

[Mari333]

9. I gave the Pope two thumbs up for that statement

and drilled those words into my mom's head before the 2004 elections. She chose not to vote at all, instead of voting for Bush, which is how she dealt with her religious beliefs.