The pope is dying....

[figment1986]

Acording to Fox News the Roman Catholic church has said.. the Pope is dying... he is near death.... Earlier reports on CNN & Fiox news from italian press said he had died... thought vadican has said he is only in acoma.....

can we please have a moment of silence...

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(This is not a joke.. Fox news has reported this..)

[dramaqueen]

No matter what your faith, we was a great man and the world is worse off without him. As a catholic, I loved and respected him very much.

[ah schucks]

The Vatican has not confirmed this yet- this is media speculation at this point.

[sir clinksalot]

No other source is reporting this, although it is just a matter of time.

Although I'm no longer Catholic, and don't agree with the God like stature the Pope gets, you can't deny that he has done great things.

[figment1986]

CNN.. & fox news are reporting it.... Though no official work yet.. but bells have been rung...

He bacame pope on October 16th, 1978

8 years before I was born....

[ah schucks]

CNN.. & fox news are reporting it.... Though no official work yet.. but bells have been rung...

He bacame pope on October 16th, 1978

8 years before I was born....

Yes several news stations are reporting it but most are making speculation based on bells. Give it time for the Vatican to confirm or deny.

[sir clinksalot]

The bells are ringing at the seminary behind our house ... and it's not on the hour ...

[Nephythys]

still NOTHING on any news site but Drudge-

Though I don't doubt the news

[IndyJn511]

Italian press was too quick... his heart and brain are still working.

[Nephythys]

so- nothing else is?

I think this whole watching him die bit by bit is really becoming depressing and morbid

[figment1986]

The last pope died in 4 months suddenly... At least Pope John Paul II got to see one last easter.... Unless the vadican is holding back anything untill it is April 2 over there.....

[Club 33]

We're bevieving this since Fox News said it?

[The Mad Hatter]

We're bevieving this since Fox News said it?

:lol:

[Nephythys]

Can you spare the rhetoric one this topic please? Take the snipiness somewhere else-

[J.B.Opie]

Hey now, let's not point fingers. Others posted that CNN stated it as well.

[Club 33]

Ok, now now, CNN says that the Vatican in Denying rumours that the pope has died. He is however in a very bad condition.

[Nephythys]

All I am saying is that this is not the topic to go slamming Fox, or anyone else for that matter. It just doesn't belong.

Really-

[ah schucks]

Can you spare the rhetoric one this topic please? Take the snipiness somewhere else-

Neph,
In all fairness they have a point. Fox News, CNN and MSNBC must run news programming pretty close to 24 hours a day. So they have a habit (all three) of making speculative news and inviting commentary before a news topic has even been confirmed.
It used to be news organizations were held to a higher standard but cable tv has forced these stations to drudge up news and use little real journalism skills to back it up.
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In respect to the Pope John Paul II's condition, I would prefer to continue to pray and avoid speculation until the church had made a statement.

[Club 33]

Ok sorry. Let me just say then that there are are a lot of conflicting reports on this matter, and as of now the Pope in not officially dead. He is however in a worsening condition.

[Nephythys]

Neph,
In all fairness they have a point. Fox News, CNN and MSNBC must run news programming pretty close to 24 hours a day. So they have a habit (all three) of making speculative news and inviting commentary before a news topic has even been confirmed.
It used to be news organizations were held to a higher standard but cable tv has forced these stations to drudge up news and use little real journalism skills to back it up.
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In respect to the Pope John Paul II's condition, I would prefer to continue to pray and avoid speculation until the church had made a statement.

No, they do not have a point. I am a news junkie- I flip between many many news sites all day long. ONE site said he was dead- that was Drudge. Fox News never updated their site- if it was on TV I can't account for it. I myself posted several other places (not here) for confirmation- got none. My problem is it is totally uncalled for the say we should not believe it because Fox reported it. Keep the partisan political snideness out of this topic- period. It doesn't belong. You want to slam the news for jumping the gun, fine- but don't go acting like Fox is somehow a stand out here- especially given that based on what I saw - they did not jump it, at lease online.