Vatican Says Pope John Paul II Dies at 84

sintekk · Post by **sintekk** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:30 pm

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050402/D897FSHO1.html

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment. He was 84.

"The angels welcome you," Vatican TV said after the announcement came from papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

"The Holy Father died this evening at 9:37 p.m. (2:37 p.m. EST) in his private apartment. All the procedures outlined in the apostolic Constitution 'Universi Dominici Gregis' that was written by John Paul II on Feb. 22, 1996, have been put in motion," Navarro-Valls said.

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican No. 2 official, led a tearful crowd of 70,000 people in St. Peter's Square in prayers for the pope.

Goodbye, Old Wrinkly Man.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:25 pm

Yes, twenty televisions in an electronics store told me the news this afternoon. It’s quite sad. I was pretty sure Pope John Paul II would die this weekend, but that didn’t keep me from hoping he would recover. I really liked him.

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Minnie · Post by **Minnie** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:29 am

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MrSelf · Post by **MrSelf** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:12 am

It was his time, he hasn't looked very healthy for a while, and that's with the best attention available to his health.

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RazorRaiser · Post by **RazorRaiser** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:15 pm

do you think they'll get back to real news now?

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sintekk · Post by **sintekk** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:34 pm

RazorRaiser wrote: do you think they'll get back to real news now?

No. There will be another 40 days and 40 nights of mourning, then the news will be covering the Pope elections.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:49 pm

And all the tears will cause a great flood.

Hmm, did someone start on the arc yet? No? Ok I'll start. *slowly walks away to the hardware store*

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