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04/01/2005 01:56:01 PM · #26 |
I could just picture the Pope coming to his window a saying "April Fools!"
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04/01/2005 01:56:25 PM · #27 |
//www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/01/pope1/index.html
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04/01/2005 01:56:37 PM · #28 |
CNN's website headline
Vatican: Pope in deteriorating condition
He has not passed yet.........
There's nothing on the TV, neither on the NET......
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04/01/2005 01:57:17 PM · #29 |
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04/01/2005 01:58:05 PM · #30 |
| Oh, God, NO! I would not joke about something like this. I feel for him too. Maybe I should start a rant thread, but this just highlights further the whole life support right to die thing. I personally feel that it is inhumane to keep someone alive for, oh, 15 years, when they can't live on their own and are completely "gone" anyway. Just because we have the technology, doesn't mean we should keep people's bodies alive well past when the person themselves is gone. |
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04/01/2005 01:58:16 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by scuds:
He has not passed yet.........
There's nothing on the TV, neither on the NET...... |
Like i said, it was on the CNN site as breaking news, then they pulled it. Apparently waiting for confirmation. |
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04/01/2005 01:59:12 PM · #32 |
CNN Headline says they are getting conflicting reports, which means that someone has reported his demise. They said Reuters has reported that he had flatlined.
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04/01/2005 01:59:31 PM · #33 |
It's back on CNN, now changed to a denial.
Message edited by author 2005-04-01 14:00:14. |
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04/01/2005 02:00:35 PM · #34 |
"The 84-year-old's breathing was shallow and his kidneys were failing, a Vatican release said at about noon EST. His blood pressure was also deteriorating." -CBC
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04/01/2005 02:01:20 PM · #35 |
| I'm watching CNN right now and that's all they're talking about. The Vaticant is denieing that he has died. I think they are just delaying. |
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04/01/2005 02:01:35 PM · #36 |
According to the CIA World Fact book, the average death rate for the world is 8.68 deaths per 1,000 people; with a population (estimated) of 6.4 billion, that gives us 155,000 deaths per day by all causes, and almost 57 million per year.
155,000 people are going to die today.
Catholics the world over should be rejoicing instead of mourning because according to catholicism the pope gets to leave his physical body and is going to heaven today. That seems like a good reason to be happy instead of sad.
This post is in NO WAY trying to demean the Pope or the catholic religion. It's meant to put a positive light on a sad occasion.
When people are praying for the pope today, i hope they pray for the rest of the world too. I'm sure the pope is doing that, and has been doing that for many years. |
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04/01/2005 02:02:10 PM · #37 |
That's official byt the vatican:
"The general conditions and cardio-respiratory conditions of the Holy Father have further worsened. A gradual worsening arterial hypotension has been noted, and breathing has become shallow," the Vatican press office said.
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04/01/2005 02:05:38 PM · #38 |
Is there anyway we can change the title?
Its not right to play with peoples emotions like this.
I understand that there was a mix up but cant we change it?
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04/01/2005 02:06:24 PM · #39 |
My sweet, dear grandmother was a devout Catholic whose lifelong dream was to meet the Pope. She passed in 1995 at the ripe old age of 96...and I know that she is waiting there in heaven to meet him today.
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04/01/2005 02:07:24 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by ericlimon:
According to the CIA World Fact book, the average death rate for the world is 8.68 deaths per 1,000 people; with a population (estimated) of 6.4 billion, that gives us 155,000 deaths per day by all causes, and almost 57 million per year.
155,000 people are going to die today.
Catholics the world over should be rejoicing instead of mourning because according to catholicism the pope gets to leave his physical body and is going to heaven today. That seems like a good reason to be happy instead of sad.
This post is in NO WAY trying to demean the Pope or the catholic religion. It's meant to put a positive light on a sad occasion.
When people are praying for the pope today, i hope they pray for the rest of the world too. I'm sure the pope is doing that, and has been doing that for many years. |
I like this post. I am not Catholic either, but I do have strong feelings that the Spirit is much better released when the body has done it's job and it's time to go has arrived. I hope Catholics and people in general can, while saddened by loss, can be happy that he will soon or has been released. |
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04/01/2005 02:08:54 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by Damian:
Is there anyway we can change the title?
Its not right to play with peoples emotions like this.
I understand that there was a mix up but cant we change it? |
Maybe report the post so the admins can change it to something more of a question. |
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04/01/2005 02:09:23 PM · #42 |
| He has not died yet and this is no April Fool's Day joke. It just says that his condition keeps worsening. |
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04/01/2005 02:12:33 PM · #43 |
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Message edited by author 2005-04-01 14:13:12.
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04/01/2005 02:13:30 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by Kylie:
Originally posted by Damian:
Is there anyway we can change the title?
Its not right to play with peoples emotions like this.
I understand that there was a mix up but cant we change it? |
Maybe report the post so the admins can change it to something more of a question. |
Thanx Kylie, just did.
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04/01/2005 02:14:41 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by Kylie:
I like this post. I am not Catholic either, but I do have strong feelings that the Spirit is much better released when the body has done it's job and it's time to go has arrived. I hope Catholics and people in general can, while saddened by loss, can be happy that he will soon or has been released. |
My sentiments exactly. When my family goes to a funeral some of the people cry, but me and my brother, along with many of my cousins act like we are at a family reunion which in fact we are. After the funeral we go somewhere and eat good food and drink good wine. We laugh and have fun. It is a time of celebration.
We are Italian Catholics, or at least that is how we were raised. Not quite the stereotype from the movies, but that is how we are.
Message edited by author 2005-04-01 14:16:39.
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04/01/2005 02:15:26 PM · #46 |
| I don't think it matters who's catholic and who isn't at this moment!He is a Holy person, probably the finest man on earth. |
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04/01/2005 02:16:49 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by ericlimon:
Catholics the world over should be rejoicing instead of mourning because according to catholicism the pope gets to leave his physical body and is going to heaven today. That seems like a good reason to be happy instead of sad.
This post is in NO WAY trying to demean the Pope or the catholic religion. It's meant to put a positive light on a sad occasion.
When people are praying for the pope today, i hope they pray for the rest of the world too. I'm sure the pope is doing that, and has been doing that for many years. |
My toughts exactly. He is going to a better place so why be sad. Instead we should be happy for him.
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04/01/2005 02:17:02 PM · #48 |
If any1 gets italian, there is a live broadcast from the vatican radio.
They do offer channels with diff languages but I can't seem to make it work.
link: //www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/diretta.asp
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04/01/2005 02:19:10 PM · #49 |
| I re-named this thread "The Pope" since his death has not been confirmed. |
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04/01/2005 02:19:56 PM · #50 |
| Thanks, I didn't mean to jump the gun. Sorry everyone. |
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