Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died (incorrectly)
Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died (incorrectly)
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#0Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died (incorrectly)
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:32pm
He was a wondeful man and a former actor.
Apparently they were wrong. The latest report is that his brain and heart are still functioning.
scooter3843
Updated On: 4/1/05 at 01:32 PM
#1re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:36pmCNN doesn't say yet.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#2re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:38pm
All they're waiting for an official announcement is for certain procedures to be followed. Apparently his cardiogram has gone flat. (live radio)
Happy, smile! Sad, frown! Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion! - Kate (Meg Ryan), French Kiss
Updated On: 4/1/05 at 01:38 PM
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#3re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:39pmI hope God continues to bless him.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#4re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:39pmWell, they normally close the shutters on the Pope's residence. That hasn't happened yet.
scooter3843
#5re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:40pmI'm sorry--but I guess I feel the same way about the Pope as I do Reagan.
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#6re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:41pmThen why are you apologizing?
scooter3843
#7re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:44pmBecause despite MY feelings (and the apparent need I felt to express them) I do not want to completely disrespect others' feelings.
#8re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:45pm
Considering what he said in his book, I regret the loss of life but I will not mourn him.
#9re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:46pmA religious icon and a politician are two very different things. Tread lightly, because people will take much more serious offense to such statements. If you can hold your tongue just this once, I would plead for it. Thank you for your consideration.
Hamlet's father.
#10re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:46pmI didn't like his policies, that's for sure. Yet he is an important figure to many, many people, and this IS a very important moment.
Happy, smile! Sad, frown! Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion! - Kate (Meg Ryan), French Kiss
#11re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:46pmI hear Frank Purdue died too...deaths come in 3 ..who's next?
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#12re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:47pmBeliefs are beliefs. Yours, his, and my own. ENOUGH SAID. Please don't do this.
Hamlet's father.
#13re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:47pmckeaton--with all respect--are they REALLY all that different? Especially given the history of the Vatican? Especially in the era of Dubya?
#14re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:48pmI'm hoping it's not Ranier while I'm in Monaco. Not being selfish--it would just be horrible
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#15re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:49pm
Every single one of us will pass this way but once.
This is a time to show respect for a fellow human being.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#16re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:49pm
Actually, given the heightened sense of importance, I'd put death number one as Terri Schiavo, followed by the Pope. The 3rd, I suppose, it still up in the air, but if it were to be Jerry Falwell, talk about a religious (or religiously-fueled) trio.
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#17re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:51pmSome people consider Bush a religious icon. I feel sad for the Pope, but I've been disgusted by many of his comments. His ideas had been outdated for quite a while. At least he lived a long full life.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
#18re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:51pm
And again--with all respect--how can I show respect for a fellow human being who would NOT have shown it for me?
I won't post further--as I've made my point--as I do not want this to escalate any further.
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Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:52pm
I don't agree with some of it, just as I don't agree with W. on everything. But I will NOT have this debate now. I don't think it's appropriate.
Much like W.'s obnoxious politicising of the Schiavo passing, I don't think that the Pope's imminent passing is a time for the debate. During the eventual selection of a successor... game on.
I only ask for respect, or at least silence, for a man that is the spiritual rock of billions.
Hamlet's father.
#20re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:53pm
his brain and hart are still funcining and he will not last the night... 
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#21re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:56pmMay he rest in peace.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#22re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 1:58pmHm... "The Vatican is denying reports that the Pope is dead." - CBS News
Happy, smile! Sad, frown! Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion! - Kate (Meg Ryan), French Kiss
#23re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 2:00pmwhen you saie the rosery is it 10 hail mary and then a our father?
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#24re: Italian News Reports The Pope Has Died
Posted: 4/1/05 at 2:01pmI don't imagine that the Terri Schiavo's death, although reported worldwide, will come close to the worldwide news story that the Pope's death will be. He is the 5th Pope in my lifetime; but, many people (most of the population on this Board), haven't known another.
scooter3843
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