RIP Johannes

...damn.

Damn it I wanted to be first


http://www.prince.org/msg/105/139892


It seems we both posted at 12:01

Taureau said:

your time you mean it's 10.06 pm overhere

R.I.P

AndGodCreatedMe said:

r u serious ???

i was in rome in sep last year and have great photo's of him on the giant screen in st peters !! i thought he was a great modern pope ! and real battler through his bouts of illness.

yeah I just heard it..RIP.

AndGodCreatedMe said:

12:01 .Org time. Where abouts from the Neth's are you? I'm currently +1 GMT, as is Rome I believe


Anyway, time is not important. What's important is the chosen forum.

danielboon said:

It's offical now 9.37 pm European time to be exactly

http://edition.cnn.com/

AndGodCreatedMe said:

thanx.

i knew he had hours to live this weekend rather than day's the newspapers will have lots of stories about the great man ,.... he was a great man !.

R.I.P

there will be an official 9 day mourning period.

the pope will be buried in the next 4-6 days.

after the mourning period is over the selected cardinals will stay in the sistine chapel until,.....

"habemus papum" ,... "we have a new pope"

Check out the titles of all the threads BENEATH this one right now.

minneapolisgenius said:

Oh no! Thats soo sad, and he was the Polish pope and in my family he means so much and my Great Uncle met him in the 80's..

Rest In Peace Holy Brother - your job was well done

ThreadCula said:

You bet your arses we live in the real world. Be thankful.

Taureau said:

What do you mean?

Karol Josef Wojtyla born May 18 1920

Ordained a priest Nov 1st, 1946

Appointed professor of ethics at Catholic University of Lublin 1954

Appointment as resident Archbishop of Krakow 1964

Pope Paul VI elevated him to cardinal 1967

Chosen by the College of Cardinals to lead the Roman Catholic Church
On October 16, 1978, at age 58

he took the Name John Paul the Second in hounor of the preivous pope who died a month after election.

the name comes from Blessed Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI who started and finished the revoulationary Vatican II council

died April 2nd 2005

REDFEATHERS said:

An over zealous combination of "this is GD, duh!" and my personal gripes with the Holy See I guess

Please stay serious


I didn't have anything with the catholic chearch but appearantly he meant a lot to miljons of ppl


sorry for any spelling errors

Taureau said:

But if thats your opinion, lets not spoil this thread and how sacred he was to millions of people

Taureau said:

We just feel sad.. lets not make this thread into a religious argument and/or discussion, we are just paying our respects..

AndGodCreatedMe said:

he was the leader of 1 billion people !!! here are some headline pre his death,...

tributes pour in for peoples pope.

historic visit the people of scotland will never forget.1982.

man of people led by example.

john paul ii the populist pope ruled catholic church with charisma and a rod of iron.


in gods hands.

his visits brought the world together.

man with holiness i could feel.

"one hand fired the gun...another hand guided the bullets" the pope after his attempted assination !!! he was shot 4 times !!!!

there are some great photos of him with the queen , charles and di, bob geldof, bono, mother theresa, nelson mandela even one of him shaking the hand of his would be killer !


FROM GRIM POVERTY TO ,,.. THE BEST LOVED POPE OF ALL TIME ...

AGCM i'm not trying to convert you honest !

danielboon said:

~adopts lotus position and counts to a billion~

the next pope is gonna have some job living up to ,.... jp ii !!

OMG I can't believe how mega the French TV is going over this. Pretty good actually. Considering.

May he rest in peace. A wonderful man. I know this was coming, but I still can't believe he is gone

R.I.P.