Pope on death bed

[velcrobott]

According to CNN he had his last rites tonight...

HAhaha lol! i would really get some funny looks. I have visions of every time someone mentions the pope today i will smile thinking of this...sick sick sick!
Have REALLY got to go to work now

Ah Donbean don't work, it's Friday!

I agree LGJ, it was horrible, horrible watching him over Easter. I just cringed.

I assume he's made the order to resuscitate if required - knowing JP2 he'll have a very strict plan in place.

I just don't understand why you have to die to be able to stop being the pope - the poor man has been desperately ill - Parkinson's alone in such an advanced stage is extremely draining on the body and mind and I find it hard to believe that he would freely have decided to continue 'working' until his death had he been given a choice.

I just hope he has a peaceful death.

Pamina3

LOL

May the Lord have mercy on your soul

Ok what can i ring in sick with? What disease can i have today?

Parkinson's springs to mind?

oh sorry sorry

who gets PJP's job then?

feeling not quite as sick in the head now thankyou morningpaper!!!!
ACTUALLY....this crossed my mind too....briefly

Donbean . perhaps you could say you have an interview(at the vatican)

sat giggling at this which is so inappropriate!

He is reported to still be conscious.

Agree with Gwenick, it seems unnecessary for him to have had to "perform" whilst suffering from a degenerative condition - v sad . However I suppose that is the nature of what he took on and a sign of his commitment. I do wonder about the Vatican machine operating behind him though.

As far as I know he has asked for no more medical intervention....

Why be sick ???

Just tell them you are overcome with grief and remorse at having called the Pope a geezer

Got to be good for at least a week off.

Like it like it!
I am Holy, and can occassionally be nice to people. Will my bum look big in the gown though?

I posted this earlier.

The much-raised question is:

"Can the pope abdicate?"

When asked Pope John Paul has countered with a characteristic sharp retort:

"Did Jesus come down from the cross?"

This comment provides a key to his conviction that he is divinely appointed and so only God can end his pontificate. He speaks of his "self-oblation" on behalf of the Church and the world.

Like Queen Elizabeth II of England, our Holy Father has a strong conviction of a divine call to the sublime office of vicar of Christ. Like her, he will not consider abdicating.

possibly ,but it wo'nt notice when youre sitting in the popemobile and surrounded by fawning minions.

hmmm MP I'm afraid I have to confess to being slightly offended by your 'joke' about Parkinsons'.....

Right thats me off to work....byeee. speak soon!

My apolgies Gwenick, it was naughty.

that's ok MP - just a bit senstive about Parkinson's as my mum's a sufferer

Reuters reports are suggesting that he is already dead ?

No vatican confirmation as yet, but yes, it does seem that he has passed on.

He's still clinging to life at the moment, doesn't look like much longer though.

Right I am off to bed, and I hope and pray that the Pope is allowed to depart this world during the night with some dignity.

The Vatican have today, to my mind been unseemly in their manipulation of the press. Only last week, one of the cardinals was complaining bitterly about the media scrum, seems to me that they have contributed to the feeding frenzy in the last few days.

If it is God's will, then let the man go in peace without further intervention.