Vatican Releases Account of Pope's Final Two Months

[emad]

Vatican Releases Account of Pope's Final Two Months

Associated Press
Sunday, September 18, 2005; Page A23

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 17 -- Pope John Paul II's last words, mumbled weakly in Polish, were: "Let me go to the house of the Father," according to a Vatican account of the pontiff's final days.

The Vatican publishing house has produced a 220-page volume, with entries in chronological order starting Jan. 31, the day the Holy See's press office announced that the pope's audiences were being suspended because he had flu symptoms. John Paul died April 2.

Pope John Paul II died on April 2. (Plinio Lepri - AP)
The publishing house said Saturday that the volume, which can be purchased at the Vatican, went on sale in recent days.

Many of the details in the account have been revealed by the Vatican already, but the volume provides many others. Its publication might be an effort by the Vatican to try to ward off any doubts about whether the Holy See has told all about the pontiff's death.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/17/AR2005091701257.html

[emad]

1. Pope's last word 'was not Amen':

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1373184

[Missy M]

2. The Vatican didn't bother to get their stories straight!

[emad]

3. Do they ever? They're blithely heading to JP2's Sainthood so

little details like who said what and when are mere trifles....

[Missy M]

4. Do they already know what 'miracles' he performed.

[emad]

5. Yes! He got Ratzinger sanitised to the point of being made Pope!

A miracle indeed for the chief honcho of the Thought Police to escape the slammer and get his foot in the door.

[Missy M]

7. Ratzinger started out a liberal theologian and became what he is...

after Vatican II. Seems like he did it to position himself to be pope. Sounds just like our politicians in this country. What did he escape the slammer for?

[emad]

8. Money laundering scams with General Pinochet.

Also implicated in murder of 'God's Banker' Roberto Calvi and the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano. Ditto theft and embezzlement that subsequently funded Solidarnosc and bankrolled Walesa into office.

[Missy M]

9. Wow, you wouldn't expect this from supposed 'Men of God" would you.

So Walesa was bankrolled into office with the help of the Vatican. Kind'a scary when you think about it.

[emad]

10. Not ask scary as the KGB sponsoring Bush Jr for the White House

ever since 1967.

[moobu2]

6. Did he perform miracles and walk on water and stuff?