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Pope John Paul II's Condition Worsens

April 1, 2005 News 5 Comments

MSNBC has a Vatican Watch page. Here’s the latest:

VATICAN DENIAL | 1:55 p.m. ET

The Vatican denies reports that Pope John Paul II has died.As Vatican watchers will tell you there is a protocol for announcing (or rather signaling) the death of a pope. It doesn’t involve The Drudge Report or the Kentucky Lake Times…

Update: PunditGuy is on Pope Watch.

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5 Comments

  1. Robbie April 1, 2005

    Anyone who’s seen EuroTrip is aware of the Vatican’s protocol for announcing the death of a pope.

  2. Retread April 1, 2005

    Reporters can’t break the competitive habit to try to be first with the news, even expected news. Given his condition, if they gone on reporting rumors of his death they’ll be correct shortly.

  3. Palmateer April 1, 2005

    This time, it was Fox News with egg on it’s face prematurely reporting the death!

    CNN was more cautious, and MSNBC wisely held back, as Italian news sources got the story wrong.

  4. Laurence Simon April 1, 2005

    I was wondering whyere Arafat’s spokesmen wound up after Old Napkinhead croaked. They’re working for the OTHER Observer State now.

  5. veronika April 4, 2005

    This is good ->

    http://www.bethepope.com

    🙂