Sybarite
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Pope : it\'s not official ...
but apparently he died a short time ago.
John
but apparently he died a short time ago.
John
Pope : it's not official ...
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Lakesailor
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
Define "Short" two hours, two days............
Define "Short" two hours, two days............
BrendanS
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
Just read this:
Breaking News : REPORTS JUMP THE GUN!!! POPE ALIVE!
Posted by Senior Editor on 2005/4/1 13:46:58
Fox News reports that the Pope is NOT DEAD, but in fact his heart and brain are still functioning. News services "got ahead of themselves" according to Fox and the Pope is alive ten minutes after he was reported dead.
This startling misreporting came on the heels of a horrible announcement from a young producer who declared "Hello! The Pope is Dead!" over a translator who was updating the Pope's condition.
The Vatican announces now that the Pope is very much still hanging on to life and that reports of his death were premature.
The shutters of the Pope's apartment remain open, the lights turned on. Catholics sing in the Square.
Just read this:
Breaking News : REPORTS JUMP THE GUN!!! POPE ALIVE!
Posted by Senior Editor on 2005/4/1 13:46:58
Fox News reports that the Pope is NOT DEAD, but in fact his heart and brain are still functioning. News services "got ahead of themselves" according to Fox and the Pope is alive ten minutes after he was reported dead.
This startling misreporting came on the heels of a horrible announcement from a young producer who declared "Hello! The Pope is Dead!" over a translator who was updating the Pope's condition.
The Vatican announces now that the Pope is very much still hanging on to life and that reports of his death were premature.
The shutters of the Pope's apartment remain open, the lights turned on. Catholics sing in the Square.
l'escargot
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
I think it's a case of all the media wanting to be the first to report it. The copy is done and the finger is poised on the send button - there are bound to be false starts.
They won't delay any announcement, there is no need to. A doctor will be poised to certify death and the shutters will close the minute he does.
I think it's a case of all the media wanting to be the first to report it. The copy is done and the finger is poised on the send button - there are bound to be false starts.
They won't delay any announcement, there is no need to. A doctor will be poised to certify death and the shutters will close the minute he does.
BrendanS
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
How the Vatican verifies a Pope has died
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3235285a12,00.html
I love the bit at the bottom about the silver hammer!
How the Vatican verifies a Pope has died
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3235285a12,00.html
I love the bit at the bottom about the silver hammer!
l'escargot
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
Wonder if that was the inspiration for Maxwell as in the Beatles song?
Wonder if that was the inspiration for Maxwell as in the Beatles song?
Sybarite
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
You should also read "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown
You should also read "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown
Sybarite
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Sorry folks - it was French TV.... (excuses)
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Norman_E
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
How they verify that the Pope Died?
According to the conspiracy theorists they verified the last one by smothering him.
A book called "The Thirty Day Pope" if I remember correctly has a pretty good account of the reasons why the previous one did not last long, including his liberal views and his determination to root out the guilty parties in the takeover and asset stripping of a chuch controlled bank in the Venice region (where he had been Bishop), by the Vatican Bank which was linked with Roberto Calvi and Banco Ambrosiano. There had been a nice little scam running whereby Italian Exchange controls were bypassed. Money (probably from organised crime) was sent by Ambrosiano to the Vatican bank (this got the money out of Italy because the Vatican is a separate country though most italians think it is in Italy). The Vatican Bank then sent the money to Switzerland. The Vatican bank was effectively the fiefdom of a bishop called Marcincus (probably mis-spelled) and what really upset the short lived Pope was the way that the little bank he had overseen in the Veneto, and which existed to make loans to deserving catholics in the region, had been seized and apparently asset stripped.
How they verify that the Pope Died?
According to the conspiracy theorists they verified the last one by smothering him.
A book called "The Thirty Day Pope" if I remember correctly has a pretty good account of the reasons why the previous one did not last long, including his liberal views and his determination to root out the guilty parties in the takeover and asset stripping of a chuch controlled bank in the Venice region (where he had been Bishop), by the Vatican Bank which was linked with Roberto Calvi and Banco Ambrosiano. There had been a nice little scam running whereby Italian Exchange controls were bypassed. Money (probably from organised crime) was sent by Ambrosiano to the Vatican bank (this got the money out of Italy because the Vatican is a separate country though most italians think it is in Italy). The Vatican Bank then sent the money to Switzerland. The Vatican bank was effectively the fiefdom of a bishop called Marcincus (probably mis-spelled) and what really upset the short lived Pope was the way that the little bank he had overseen in the Veneto, and which existed to make loans to deserving catholics in the region, had been seized and apparently asset stripped.
Aja
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Don\'t!
Its crap.....
'specially the bit when our hero falls 3000' from a helicopter into the River Tiber... and Gosh! Survives!
Donald
Its crap.....
'specially the bit when our hero falls 3000' from a helicopter into the River Tiber... and Gosh! Survives!
Donald
Norman_E
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Re: Pope : it\'s not official ...
Apologies. I had the wrong book title above.
The correct book is "IN GODS NAME" by David Yallop.
Apologies. I had the wrong book title above.
The correct book is "IN GODS NAME" by David Yallop.
jenku
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Now it\'s offcial.
Now it's official. So any volunteers for the succession?
Now it's official. So any volunteers for the succession?
T_S
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Re: Now it\'s offcial.
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Now it's official. So any volunteers for the succession?
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Maybe a candidate from the jewish or muslim community!
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Now it's official. So any volunteers for the succession?
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Maybe a candidate from the jewish or muslim community!
jenku
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Re: Now it\'s offcial.
I was thinking about a "Putin for Pope" campain actually....
I was thinking about a "Putin for Pope" campain actually....