Pope John Paul II is not doing very well. Yesterday, he was breathing through a tube in his throat and being fed with a feeding tube. Then he got a fever and suffered heart failure.
"On Thursday, he received the Holy Viaticum, the Catholics' last rites for the sick and dying, the spokesman said.
This is a sign that his closest advisers fear the end of one of the longest papal reigns is fast approaching, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome." (BBC)
There's a big cross (see photo) on the top of Mont Royal here in Montreal which lights up at night and can be seen from almost anywhere in the city. A number of people have been saying that the cross has a device which turns the lights purple when the pope dies. I have no idea if this is true, but it sounds like it won't be long before we find out.
