Pope Near Death: ; Catholics Around World Pray for the Pontiff
Charleston Gazette › April 04, 2005
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'This evening or this night, Christ opens the door to the pope.' Angelo Comastri, the pope's vicar general for Vatican City, to a crowd at St. Peter's Square Friday night
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II was near death as dawn broke this morning, his breathing shallow and his heart and kidneys failing, the Vatican said. Millions of faithful around the world paid homage, many weeping as they knelt with bowed heads, others carrying candles in prayer for the 84-year-old pontiff.See the full content of this document
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Pope Near Death: ; Catholics Around World Pray for the Pontiff
The pope "is on the verge of death," Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, head of the Vatican's health care office, told the Mexican television network Televisa. "I talked to the doctors and they told me there is no more hope."
Addressing the crowd at St. Peter's Square, where as many as 70,000 people prayed and stood vigil in the chilly night, Angelo Comastri, the pope's vicar general for ...See the full content of this document
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