According to a senior Vatican cardinal, the Pope is ready to die and has given himsefl to "the will of God". This news comes after a particularly
rough week for the Pope, who has missed both Holy Thursday and Good Friday services. There are no immediate plans for the Pope to return to hospital
care.
www.timesonline.co.uk
THE POPE is “serenely abandoning” himself to God’s will, according to a senior Vatican cardinal. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the head of the
Congregation of Bishops, made his comments during a sermon at a Maundy Thursday Chrism Mass at St Peter’s, in Rome, where he was standing in for the
ailing Pope John Paul II.
Senior Roman Catholic sources in London emphasised last night that the comments referred to the Pope’s spiritual rather than physical health, but
acknowledged that his health was deteriorating.
The Cardinal’s comments came at the end of a week where the Pope’s health has worsened further, with reports by Italian news agencies that he has
been vomiting, suffering strong headaches and not responding to medication.
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The Pope is expected to hold Easter Sunday service, providing his health is stable enough.
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[edit on 25-3-2005 by negativenihil]
[edit on 25-3-2005 by negativenihil]
