Precisely.
PopeWatch: Improving Slightly
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I don’t put any stock into “Pope is dying” rumors until he’s actually dead.
If the Church worldwide distributes information like the American dioceses I have experienced, then bad news is distributed *only* by rumour until the last possible moment. Meanwhile, diocesan people reprimand those listening to rumours.
This smells like that.
It’s a lousy way to administer a diocese, but I would not be surprised if that’s also the Vatican management style.
I am not a fan of this pope’s “daily business”. I pray he die in a state of grace though and that Our Lord will grant us a holy pope
“Improving slightly” means “still breathing on his own.”
I can recall the Holy Father’s commentary about Cardinal Burke’s illness a few years ago. I wonder if he remembers what he said now.
I agree with Madgalene, and the quicker the better. May God Almighty have mercy on the Beloved Bride of His Son Christ Jesus.