MSNBC just reported that the Pope has slipped into a coma.
…And, now the Vatican denies this. Sheesh.
The Pope sprung up from bed shouting, " April Fools!"
Or
“Gotcha YA!”
You decide.
Well, I expect I will die some day. Should I get Last Rites done the next time I see a Priest? How long are they good for?
If you’re young and healthy, they call it “baptism.” 
Popewatch ought to be the name of a TV show.
From the current lead story on the Beeb news site:
A little unfortunate, don’t you think?
IANACatholic, but in my little burg (which contains many Catholic residents), we called CCD “Catholic Combat Duty.”
Thanks, Campion for the reminder and the smile today.
Amazing Race? Survivor? Pfffeh! Popewatch–it’s the next big reality craze!
I’m already waiting for the sequel: “Conclave” (from the producers of “Survivor”).
A dramatic excerpt from one of the commercials:
“Cardinal Edmund Szoka, I’m sorry, but you have been voted out of the Sistene Chapel.”
Then you’d have to strand all the cardinals on a deserted island…
(On the topic of the OP: he’s getting worse…)
Don’t buy it for a second. The guy comes from Rasputin’s blood line or something.
Rumors are an Italian news station is announcing he has just passed.
Waiting on confirmation.
The rumors are just rumors:
The Pope is still alive but in very grave condition.
That still seems to be the position as reported on the 1.00pm news today.
Exorcizo te, immundissime spiritus…in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi
That is not part of the Sacrament of the Sick, ouryL.
You might want to take that sort of sentiment to the Pit.