as if you want any more news reports from me today

[kellinator]

From CNN.com:

Pope John Paul II has been given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church as his health deteriorates, a Vatican source tells CNN.

Comments

[digitaldevil.livejournal.com]

Well, fuck-a-dee-doo-dah. I guess he's hoping to catch up with Terri before she hits the Pearly Gates.

/bad taste

[missrachael.livejournal.com]

Do they still do that thing with the smoke signals when they choose a new pope?

Also, say what you will about John Paul Deux, the man is a trooper. I would have thrown in the towel ten years ago.

[squiddna.livejournal.com]

Oh.. shit.

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

That makes me sad. For all the backward thinking on his part (and admittedly, there's a lot to work with there), he's done a lot to move the Church forward, esp. in relation to reaching out to other religions.

[ga-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's been nonstop celebrity death this week. That's sad.

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

i can't help but imagine what the Church would be like now if his namesake and diametrically-opposed predecessor, John Paul I, had not died a scant month after becoming Pope...