Pope John Paul II dies at 84

**Jason** · 04-02-2005, 02:23 PM

John Paul II, whose 26-year reign as the charismatic leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics was highlighted by visits to 129 countries, died Saturday. He was 84.

"The Holy Father is deceased this evening at 9:37 in his private apartment," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a written statement.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe...ies/index.html

dai · 04-02-2005, 04:25 PM

i am not religious,but you have to take your hat off to him,i hope something from him rubbed off on whoever takes over the reins

**blackduck30** · 04-02-2005, 05:41 PM

Sad day for the world , the next pope has big shoes to fill

Killvo · 04-02-2005, 06:08 PM

yep, he died aroud 11:30 (western time) this morning>

**Fox** · 04-02-2005, 06:18 PM

It's strange, even while he was alive, I didn't hear much about him, and I'm catholic...

But yeah, he did seem like a very nice guy.

**DumberDrummer** · 04-02-2005, 08:18 PM

Wonder who the new pope will be?

regarding his world travels, I saw a neat political cartoon this morning that showed the pope's foot prints all over a globe, then the footprints when up into the clouds.

**40sondacurb** · 04-02-2005, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fox

It's strange, even while he was alive, I didn't hear much about him, and I'm catholic...

But yeah, he did seem like a very nice guy.

well his hey day was from the 60s to the 80s, thats when he made major reforms in the church such as not allowing cardinals under 85 to vote for the pope, and not allowing a person over 85 to be elected to the popalcy. and many other changes to the traditional church.

and just a quick side note, nuns don't have to wear the black and white penguine outfits any more (not for a while now actually) so if you see nuns in black and white in a movie now you know its crud.

XAERIAL · 04-02-2005, 10:19 PM

RIP.

elf · 04-02-2005, 10:31 PM

Someone said that he would die 3 days to the hour after they let terri shaivo die...how accurate was he? Of course this person was fortelling the end of the world.

a2k · 04-03-2005, 05:58 AM

This Pope has made a lot in order to join all the religions and the people of the world...

yustr · 04-04-2005, 07:56 AM

I remember when his election was made and how controversial it was – being non-Italian and from an eastern-block country. He did seem to be very interested in spreading the concept of a fundamental brotherhood of man. I don’t agree with most of his views but on that most basic of issues, I think he did us all a great service. Now if we’d only listen!

Now a question for the devout; if the Pope is the earthly connection between man and God, how is it that he’s chosen by mere men? How can you be sure that God will answer the call from whomever the College of Cardinals pick? And more importantly, how would you know if God refused?

**40sondacurb** · 04-04-2005, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yustr

I remember when his election was made and how controversial it was – being non-Italian and from an eastern-block country. He did seem to be very interested in spreading the concept of a fundamental brotherhood of man. I don’t agree with most of his views but on that most basic of issues, I think he did us all a great service. Now if we’d only listen!

Now a question for the devout; if the Pope is the earthly connection between man and God, how is it that he’s chosen by mere men? How can you be sure that God will answer the call from whomever the College of Cardinals pick? And more importantly, how would you know if God refused?

It's a valid question, one I think I know the answer to, but you might want to start it in another thread. I think this one should be kept as an obituary rather than a thological debate about the validity of the popacy.

**Fox** · 04-04-2005, 01:15 PM

I wonder if Paypal will take orders from Vatican City if the new pope is comp-savvy

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dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,588 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	i am not religious,but you have to take your hat off to him,i hope something from him rubbed off on whoever takes over the reins

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Killvo Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 62 OS: xp	yep, he died aroud 11:30 (western time) this morning>

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Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	It's strange, even while he was alive, I didn't hear much about him, and I'm catholic... But yeah, he did seem like a very nice guy.

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XAERIAL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	RIP.

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a2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 4 OS: xp	This Pope has made a lot in order to join all the religions and the people of the world...

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Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	I wonder if Paypal will take orders from Vatican City if the new pope is comp-savvy