Pope's Death

This is weird with the last rites, ITV say that it's coming from the Italian Media, CNN say it's coming from Vatican Sources and Sky News says it's coming from Reuters.

But speaking into a mobile phone, bizarrely. I assume this is because their microphone's gone wrong, but how can they be getting that good a signal from a mobile (assuming that's what they're doing).

I may be reading too much into this btw, and you can cast it up in a few days if the Pope recovers, but it almost sounds like there's been an otr briefing that he's gone. Things like "The situation looks very bad" can often be a hint. On the night of Princess Diana's death BBC World had an interviewee saying something along the lines of "I'm worried", when he already knew he was dead but was under an embargo.

I should stay off those pills ....

Apparently what used to be called the 'Last Rites' is now officially called the 'Anointing of the Sick', and is administered to those who are very ill as well as the dying.

See my message on the previous page - it's actually the sacrement of the sick, to give its current title.

She'll be listening to the questions from London on the phone, instead of via an earpiece.

BBC News Online now has this as its top story on the front page. Looks like its going to be a long night for the news organisations.........i bet they are or are going to roll out the big guns

The Pope will be making progress and everyone will be saying he's on the mend then the next day they'll no doubt be a News Report saying the Pope has died.

Always happens that way.

I'll certainly be staying up a bit later to see what's happening.

AFP quote: The Pope is 'sick, very sick' say doctors.

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It is now confirmed he has been given the Sacrement of the Sick according to the Vatican: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/pope1/index.html