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^ Not me, BTW.

Latest is that the Pope has "lost conciousness."

I think this could be the final hour. A great shame.

Antz wrote:I think this could be the final hour. A great shame.

Fair point. Regardless of what people think of his views, and I profoundly disagree with a lot of them, someone dying is still a very sad event and I wouldn't wish it on anyone...

Apart from James Martin of course

Sput wrote:
Apart from James Martin of course

HAHAHA!!

Sput wrote:

Antz wrote:I think this could be the final hour. A great shame.

Fair point. Regardless of what people think of his views, and I profoundly disagree with a lot of them, someone dying is still a very sad event and I wouldn't wish it on anyone...

Apart from James Martin of course

but surely his death is not the end, but the moving on.

i can't understand that if catholics truely believe in an afterlife, this is such a disaster...

I find some of the comments in this thread, especially from Jamez particularly offensive. A person is gravely ill and all you can do is disrespect him.

I hereby resign from this forum.

mikeroberts wrote:A person is gravely ill and all you can do is disrespect him.

I hereby resign from this forum.

Loxton is gravely ill, and we've done nothing but disrespect him.

How come you didn't resign earlier?

Dr Lobster* wrote:

Sput wrote:

Antz wrote:I think this could be the final hour. A great shame.

Fair point. Regardless of what people think of his views, and I profoundly disagree with a lot of them, someone dying is still a very sad event and I wouldn't wish it on anyone...

Apart from James Martin of course

but surely his death is not the end, but the moving on.

i can't understand that if catholics truely believe in an afterlife, this is such a disaster...

I honestly don't know what I believe when it comes to death, but I've always held religion as a device for the living, to ease the pain of loss that inevitably comes with death. In that respect it's rarely bad, it's just the rest that causes problems

Oh genius moment on Fox News just a moment ago. Someone decided to leave their reporters mic up and we got to hear “Hello?...why won’t anybody hear me?”…and this genius line as a sombre Shepard Smith was rambling “Pope is dead…hello? Pope is dead Pope is dead”. So beautifully handled IMO.

Yes, Italian media reporting that he has died.

Antz wrote:Yes, Italian media reporting that he has died.

He isn't yet!