Pope Watch
April 1, 2005 9:07 AM   Subscribe

Latest Pope News. Since things looked really bad, and there didn't seem to be a Pope thread yet, I thought the Metafilter community could use one. Plus, the recent health issues raise a lot of interesting questions, from the significance of the prophesies of St. Malachy (that say the next Pope will be the second to last Pope ever), to the stuff that Nostradamus said about the Popes, and the idea that all celebrities die in threes. So far, Metafilter has talked about Mitch Hedberg, Johnny Cochran and Robert Creeley... and thats just this week.

I'm just saying, this all makes you think...
posted by indiebass (28 comments total)

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Rumor has it the Pope just lost consciusness
posted by elpapacito at 9:08 AM on April 1, 2005


aw.... Between "Preview" and "Post".....
posted by indiebass at 9:08 AM on April 1, 2005


Plus Terri Schiavo plus the Pope plus Prince Rainier makes six...
posted by salad spork at 9:10 AM on April 1, 2005


The Pope's just another old man dying.

*yawn*
posted by xmutex at 9:10 AM on April 1, 2005


Anyway, this thread suffices just fine.
posted by xmutex at 9:12 AM on April 1, 2005


Don't forget Frank Purdue.
posted by quirked at 9:12 AM on April 1, 2005


Shouldn't there be some sort of miracle right about now?
posted by Oddly at 9:13 AM on April 1, 2005


Well, Six is still two threes. Or maybe... the start of three threes that each need one more? Wait... Frank Purdue too? This is NOT a good week to be famous...
posted by indiebass at 9:13 AM on April 1, 2005



posted by breezeway at 9:15 AM on April 1, 2005


Noah Wyle is quitting 'ER' people! Won't somebody please think of Noah!?
posted by OneOliveShort at 9:15 AM on April 1, 2005


I'm actually surprised that this lead singer of The Popes is still alive, but he is.
posted by clevershark at 9:15 AM on April 1, 2005


In Rome we're waiting for the bells, we'll see if the tradition stands.

Over the centuries, the most traditional and telling signal that a pope has died has been the tolling of the Vatican’s bells, which prompts churches across Rome to join in.

But there is also the symbolic shutting of the Bronze Door, a massive portal beneath a portico off St Peter’s Square that is closed when a pope dies and is kept shut until a new pontiff is elected.

posted by elpapacito at 9:18 AM on April 1, 2005


I expect all Montreal MeFites to be out lookin' for the purple lights.
posted by docgonzo at 9:19 AM on April 1, 2005


Huh?
posted by dfowler at 9:19 AM on April 1, 2005


docgonzo: no no dude, that's a Coronal Mass Ejection triggering Aurora, not the death of a Pope.
posted by elpapacito at 9:21 AM on April 1, 2005


The Pope's just another old man dying.
Old, sheltered, antiquated, irrelevant - just when I thought I could feel less interested in the drain-circling death rattles of someone besides Terry Schiavo, here comes the Pontiff.
posted by docpops at 9:22 AM on April 1, 2005


I sure hope someone posts ' The Pope, too pooped to pop' when the time comes.
posted by mss at 9:22 AM on April 1, 2005


that man of many words and few teeth

Can't Shane afford dental work either? Did his manager rip him off too?
posted by davy at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2005


Can't Shane afford dental work either?

He could, but then he'd have less cash for booze/smack/weed...
posted by clevershark at 9:25 AM on April 1, 2005


How long are the last rites valid? Hours? Days? Weeks? If the pope hangs on for a few more days, do they perform the last rites again?
posted by quirked at 9:25 AM on April 1, 2005


Only if he sins in the meantime.
posted by sonofsamiam at 9:26 AM on April 1, 2005


I really hope Breezeway posts more of his HILARIOUS pictures!
posted by crunchland at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2005


When I was a baby, my mother gave me a death rattle. I sort of liked it but it made scary noises when I shook it so I threw it away.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2005


Wil Wheaton's cat died, does that count? I was actually following that more closely than I was the Pope.
posted by HuronBob at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2005


docpops writes "Old, sheltered, antiquated, irrelevant"

You perhaps forget Karol Wojtyla's resistance to Naziism in occupied Poland, or his quiet diplomacy as Pope John Paull II that helped lead to Gorbachev's reforms and the freeing of Eastern Europe form Soviet totalitarianism, and the end of the Cold War?

Or would you prefer to still be at moments from the flashpoint of nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, with half of Europe still in chains behind the Iron Curtain?
posted by orthogonality at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2005


Italian agency press : there's no longer any hope (medical source at vatican)
posted by elpapacito at 9:29 AM on April 1, 2005


The count is higher than three. Let's not forget Bass Wolf of the band Guitar Wolf, who died in his sleep on the morning of March 31st, at the age of 38. I found out about him and Mitch Hedberg almost simultaneously, and I about fainted.
posted by jennanemone at 9:34 AM on April 1, 2005


No hope for Pope?
posted by drezdn at 9:39 AM on April 1, 2005


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