"We all feel like orphans this evening."
April 3rd.
Pope John Paul II
1920 - 2005
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, who helped topple communism in Europe and left a deeply conservative stamp on the church that he led for 26 years, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment, ending a long public struggle against debilitating illness. He was 84.
Bells pealed in mourning after the Vatican said the pope died at 9:37 p.m. (3:40 a.m. Singapore Time). The assembled flock fell into a stunned silence before some people broke out in applause — an Italian tradition in which mourners often clap for important figures. Others wept.
He said aides had told the pope that thousands of young people were in St. Peter's Square on Friday evening. Navarro-Valls said the pope appeared to be referring to them when he seemed to say:
"I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you."
God bless our Pope.
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April 3rd.
Pope John Paul II
1920 - 2005
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, who helped topple communism in Europe and left a deeply conservative stamp on the church that he led for 26 years, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment, ending a long public struggle against debilitating illness. He was 84.
Bells pealed in mourning after the Vatican said the pope died at 9:37 p.m. (3:40 a.m. Singapore Time). The assembled flock fell into a stunned silence before some people broke out in applause — an Italian tradition in which mourners often clap for important figures. Others wept.
He said aides had told the pope that thousands of young people were in St. Peter's Square on Friday evening. Navarro-Valls said the pope appeared to be referring to them when he seemed to say:
"I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you."
God bless our Pope.
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