Catholics everywhere are praying for Pope John Paul II’s health as he battles his latest battle with illness. Media are reporting that his death may be imminent but what happens when a pope dies?
When a Pope dies is a good explanation of this occourance.
‘When the pope dies, the cardinal chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the holy Roman […]
‘There’s a bit of mythology behind this question, which is that a healthy pope makes all the decisions in the Catholic church. In fact, Catholicism is one of the most decentralized organizations on earth — 2,650 employees in the Roman Curia for a population of 1.1 billion Catholics worldwide. If the same ratio of bureaucrats […]
‘ Pope John Paul II developed a high fever Thursday because of a urinary tract infection and was being treated with antibiotics at the Vatican, his spokesman said. The latest health setback for the 84-year-old pontiff came one day after he began receiving nutrition through a feeding tube.
“The Holy Father today was struck by a […]
‘The pope on Thursday accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Mulvee as leader of the Providence, R.I., Diocese, and appointed a new bishop, the Vatican said.
Mulvee turned 75 on Feb. 15, the normal retirement age for bishops.
Pope John Paul II named Bishop Thomas Tobin of Youngstown, Ohio, as Mulvee’s successor, the Vatican said. Tobin was […]
‘A decision by Pope John Paul II’s doctors to feed him through a nasal tube takes the treatment of the chronically ill pontiff closer to the ethically and religiously wrenching decisions of what medical measures should be taken to prolong life and for how long.
Doctors have threaded a tube through the pope’s nose to his […]
‘Vatican officials are increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for Pope John Paul’s full recovery from his ailments, with many agreeing that he has entered a new and perhaps final phase of his long papacy.
The 84-year-old Pope has been convalescing from throat surgery for more than a month now and aides say he is disappointed by […]
‘The use of a feeding tube for Pope John Paul II, struggling to recover from throat surgery, illustrates a key point of Roman Catholic policy he himself has proclaimed: It is morally necessary to give patients food and water, no matter their condition.
As Parkinson’s disease and other ailments have left him increasingly frail, John Paul […]
‘Pope John Paul, now being fed through a nasal tube because of his throat problems, effectively wrote his own “living will” last year in a speech declaring some life-extending treatments a moral duty for Roman Catholics.
The ailing Pontiff sharply narrowed Catholic guidelines for treating patients nearing death in March 2004 when he described tube-feeding as […]
‘Pope John Paul is not considering resignation despite his increasingly frail health, a leading Italian Vatican expert said Thursday, a day after the Vatican said the pontiff has begun receiving nutrition through a feeding tube in his nose.
The comments by Vittorio Messori, a leading Catholic author who helped the Pope write the 1994 best-selling book, […]
‘As Pope John Paul II remains hospitalized; his mortality is the topic of discussion in the Vatican and church circles around the world with names of prelates from Asia, Africa and Latin America, including an Indian archbishop, figuring in the list, a media report said.
Among those figuring in the list of cardinals likely to succeed […]
‘The choice of a nasal feeding tube instead of a stomach tube to boost the pope’s nutrition indicates his doctors may be expecting the problem to be temporary, medical experts say.
The nose tube may also have been chosen to get the pontiff strong enough for a more invasive procedure to insert a feeding tube in […]
‘ The use of a feeding tube for Pope John Paul II illustrates a key point of Roman Catholic doctrine he himself has proclaimed toward the aging and chronically ill: The administration of food and water to a patient is morally necessary.
As he has become increasingly frail due to Parkinson’s disease and other ailments, John […]
‘Pope John Paul II may have to return to the hospital to have a feeding tube inserted, an Italian news agency reported Tuesday.
It stressed that no decision had been made. The APcom news agency, citing an unidentified source, said the 84-year-old pope might have to have the tube inserted to improve his nutrition since he […]
‘Pope John Paul II was likely to be readmitted to hospital next week to check the tube that was placed in his windpipe in February and readjust his diet, the Milan daily Corriere Dell Sera said.
The newspaper said the 84-year-old pontiff was suffering from “serious problems in swallowing” and that he required examinations for which […]