It's time to get praying. I will be praying for the Pope to die peacefully in the arms of Christ and I will be praying for his successor. I may not be RC but I do realise the impact a Pope can have. I would really like to pray for another John 23rd type pope [you know the one that set up Vatican II and changed a whole lot of things that has conservative RC's discomforted and this last pope has somewhat reversed in some cases]. I'm interested also in the Vatican statement:
"Pope John Paul was today in a 'very serious' condition after suffering heart failure, according to the Vatican, which insisted he was 'lucid and serene'"
It just seem to me that there is conceived in this a 'proper' way for a Pope to die and 'serene' is part of that. Quite a lot of some varieties of RC piety are taken up with praying for a good death, so the Pope has to be an exemplar. It's hard to know whether the reality might measure up. No matter how strong your faith, dying is to enter a huge experiential unknown and the process is often uncomfortable. Serenity might not always be easy to find ...
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Pope suffers heart failure:
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