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Pope Benedict
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Who will join me in wishing his imminent journey from this life to the next is calm and untroubled?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've been thinking recently of how my parents went and how I might go myself.
My father, in his late 50s, collapsed in the street, spewing blood, an aneurysm. I guess a minute or so of blind panic and then it was over for him.
My mother died in her 80s in a hospice.
She asked me if I thought there was Hell. The Catholic indoctrination stayed with her all her life.
I told her, 'No, it's just like going to sleep with no dreams.'
The last conversation we ever had.
I wish I could have been more comfort to her.
My father, in his late 50s, collapsed in the street, spewing blood, an aneurysm. I guess a minute or so of blind panic and then it was over for him.
My mother died in her 80s in a hospice.
She asked me if I thought there was Hell. The Catholic indoctrination stayed with her all her life.
I told her, 'No, it's just like going to sleep with no dreams.'
The last conversation we ever had.
I wish I could have been more comfort to her.
anne - // He was the first pope in 6 centuries to resign . //
And likely to remain so for the next six.
Let's face it, if you managed to climb to the top of that particularly odious greasy pole, you are unlikely to relinquish it unless you absolutely have to - better to stick it out and die at the top.
And likely to remain so for the next six.
Let's face it, if you managed to climb to the top of that particularly odious greasy pole, you are unlikely to relinquish it unless you absolutely have to - better to stick it out and die at the top.
anne - // AH, it would appear your aim is to take a big swipe at the Catholic Church, I don’t think that’s what the thread is about ? //
As you well know, threads have a life of their own, and it's not possible for anyone, including the originator, to control or dictate where that life will take the thread.
I wish the pop a pain free and peaceful end, as I said.
My responses after that were directed to posts I read and on which I commented - that, as you know, is how the site works.
As you well know, threads have a life of their own, and it's not possible for anyone, including the originator, to control or dictate where that life will take the thread.
I wish the pop a pain free and peaceful end, as I said.
My responses after that were directed to posts I read and on which I commented - that, as you know, is how the site works.