The Pope has been given Last Rites

[Bluebear]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/pope1/index.html

Just FYI

[SteppingRazor]

1. Um...

This story's about the Prince of Monaco...

[CubsFan1982]

2. See the top of the page.

nt

[Bluebear]

4. Check the breaking news banner

[beyurslf]

3. I think you meant this link

<http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/pope1/index.html>

[Bluebear]

7. Thanks BY

It was a breaking news banner but I changed it to your link. Much appreciato!

[RobertSeattle]

5. Has he asked Congress for permission?

[eaglenetsupport]

6. corrected link

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/pope1/index.html

[Walt Starr]

8. Bummer n/t

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[crispini]

10. LOL.

Sick, but funny. :spank:

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[goodboy]

16. that would be:

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[leftofthedial]

38. I think you left out a "z"

and maybe a "cz" or was it a "tz" too.

LOL so bad I had to shit in the woods!

[goodboy]

42. LMAO...I shit in my pants...

[Bluebear]

49. OK sorry sorry

I knew better than to try to get away with that one. Note that what was also deleted was my sympathy to Catholic DU brethren and sistrern who will be grieving.

[shelley806]

21. Heh Heh!! Well, we know that he won't get his nasal tube

snatched...That would be death by starvation and cruel and unusual punishment.

[leftofthedial]

45. How's he gonna get the communion wafers down that tube anyway?

I demand Congressional action.

[shelley806]

48. LOL !!! Hey, we can bring him a blender and order pizza or a BigMac!

nt

[leftofthedial]

50. I demand that Congress immediately require that a blender

be permanently mounted on the side of the Pope's head and that the feeding tube pass through that blender.

[lenidog]

12. I think I see smoke going up the chimney very soon

Though its not certain, I mean I think I read somewhere that JFK had been givien the last rites about a half dozen times before he had become president.

[Walt Starr]

13. I heard this is a false report

Just what we need, another death watch in the MSM.

[Cuban_Liberal]

15. It's true, Walt.

http://www.catholic.org

[Walt Starr]

24. Looks like Faux Snooze ends up with egg on their face

AGAIN

They were the ones reporting it was a false report.

[Cuban_Liberal]

33. Not surprised.

Fox News is to journalism what corn dogs are to haute cuisine.

[countryjake]

34. Fox ain't letting the Pope steal "Terri's Thunder"...

Non-stop Florida on Faux.

Non-stop Vatican on CNN.

[countryjake]

20. No, the Vatican spokesmen have given this to CNN...

it's non-stop reports about the Pontiff on CNN, for awhile now. They just said his situation is serious.

[Walt Starr]

37. Faux Snooze probably hasn't got somebody on the ground in Rome yet

which would explain their stance.

[expatriot]

14. If the Pope dies on the same day(as Terri)so help me God I'll be so pissed

the fundies and the media will be just be all agush with the connections between the two. You will get these cute editorial cartoons of Terri and the Pope up on a cloud together. I am so sickened with how much more attention some deaths get than others.

[Cuban_Liberal]

23. It's already Friday in Rome.

It won't happen.

[expatriot]

25. yeah, but the Flat Earth Society wouldn't care... if its Friday here

that's all that would matter.

[shelley806]

28. I just posted this on another DU link! She didn't die on Easter

as some had imagined she would...I was relieved because I feared that these crazies would canonize her! If she and the Pope die on the same day, I can just imagine the speculations. (But I really do believe in a Divine Order in the Universe, so maybe the timing would be significant...)

[Walt Starr]

35. It's too late for them to die on the same day.

She died on Thrusday here and in Rome. It's now Friday in Rome. I suspect he will not die before it's Friday in florida, too.

[shelley806]

40. Thanks...that's right; had forgotten!

nt

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Falwell? What about Falwell? Any late rites there???

[Bluebear]

18. I believe the last I heard Falwell was "stable"

Talk about false reporting!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. Do they even do that in his church?

There needs to be some kind of quick cross reference sheet so we know which one practices what.

[QC]

36. Falwell is a Baptist. They don't do Last Rites. n/t

[goodboy]

19. They come in 3's...Jerrrrrrrrrrry?!?! It's Saaaatan, time to go!!!! (nt)

[thedevilinthedetails]

29. The 3 this time are Cochran, Shiavo and Pope, Falwell lost

[goodboy]

44. you make a point...with all the coverage of the iraq war, and bum

intelligence I missed the story on cochran's passing.

[dbt]

22. Explain to a Heathen about the Last Rites, please.

When one is given them, is death seen as imminent?

[Cuban_Liberal]

26. Extreme Unction.

It is given when death seems imminent. It is also called the Annointing of the Sick.

http://www.catholic.org/newsearch/action.php?sid=506856474&url=http://history.hanover.edu/early/trent/ct14cu.htm&action=go&id=4916

[dbt]

27. Thank you!

[Cuban_Liberal]

30. You're welcome.

:hi:

[Walt Starr]

46. It's an interesting rite

We have something similar in my faith. It is only the last rite of passage in this world.

[catlawyer]

39. Another reference

Anointing of the Sick
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from Last rites)

The Anointing of the Sick is one of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and some Protestant churches.

The former name Extreme Unction was used in the Western (Roman) part of the Catholic Church from the end of the twelfth century until the Second Vatican Council, and was never popular in the Eastern (Orthodox) part. Last Rites is a common but misleading term; the Anointing of the Sick can be received as often as the believer desires and should not be postponed until death is thought to be near, nor is its administration intended to imply an expectation that the recipient is about to die. At one time in history, the sacrament was reserved until death was believed to be imminent, in order to reduce the possibility of the sick person committing further sins after its administration. However, since the Second Vatican Council this is no longer the case.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_rites

[Cleita]

51. It's done if there is a possibility of death, or even after a sudden

death, but it can be given during grave illness as well. My mother had it three times before she died.

[Pab Sungenis]

31. That means nothing.

I got last rites when I was in the hospital for diverticulitis, and nowhere near in danger of dying. It's a very common sacrament nowadays.

[Padraig18]

41. Well.....

I doubt that you were 84 with end-stage Parkinson's ...

Peace.

[countryjake]

43. Only other time John Paul got them was right after he was shot...

so it seems Italy may save them for the more serious states. They are speaking pretty grimly on the reports from the Vatican.

[Bluebear]

47. Ah OK, thanks. So he'll be fine.

I am not up on the sacraments I reckon.