Millions Of Catholics • Mourn Over The Passing
Of 84 Year Old Pope John Paul II • HUGE 20TH Century
Figure • The First Non Italian Pope In Almost 500 Years
• Who Reigned Over 1,100,000,000 Roman Catholics
For Last 26 Years •• The Largest Organized Religion
On Planet Earth
After Three Days Of Increasing Frailty But Showing An
Enormously Determined Will • The Pope Never Left
For Hospital • The Ritual At Death • Includes Removing His
Coat Of Arms Ring • And Smashing It • To Symbolize The
End Of His Long Reign
As It Has Been Done For Centuries • Official Formal Announcement
Of Pope's Death Will Likely Be Made In Front Of The Vatican's
Bronze Door • As Swiss Guards Stand By • And With The
Plaintive Ringing Of The Vatican Bells
In Symbolic Keeping • With Modernization Pope Prevailed
Over In Vatican • First Announcement Of His Death To
The World • Was Made By His Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls
Via Email To All Media •• Said:
"The Holy Father died this evening at 9:37 p.m."
•• May His Soul Rest In Peace ••
Successor • To The Third Longest Serving Pope In History
• Will Be Chosen By One Hundred Seventeen Or So • Under
80 Year Old • Members Of A Greatly Internationalized Council
Of Cardinals • In Secret Conclave Meetings In The Sistine
Chapel At The Vatican • Within 20 Days
Pope John Paul II • Personally Appointed 92% Of Catholic
Cardinals World Wide • And 97% Of Those Who Will Select
His Successor •• Which Leaves Little Realistic Hope • For A
Softening Of Official Catholic Attitudes • On Controversial
Issues Such As • Birth Control • Premarital Sex • Abortion
• And Homosexuality • Which Have Alienated Many
Christians
The Successor Candidate Most Likely • To Teach A More
Liberal Contemporary View On Issues • Is Germany's
Cardinal Walter Kasper
The Most Likely Young Candidate • Is Vienna's 60 Year
Old Archbishop Christoph Schonborn
The Most Likely Candidate From Africa • Where Islam Is
Making Strong Inroads Among Faiths • Is 72 Year Old
Cardinal Francis Arinze from Nigeria
2:11:13 PM
