STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

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Originally posted by: Karina
"this is horrible :("

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I know. He is okay now, but it is a sad, sad day for the rest of the world.

did anyone else here the announcement on fox? it was a Huge
"oops" one someone's part b/c the alert first came from some reporter (female) who did not know her feed was being heard. she said "DUH, the pope is dead" Shepard smith was pretty embarassed. very harsh way to hear.


-- Edited by doveanunu at 13:38, 2005-04-01

CNN took the banner off now.......

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Originally posted by: Karina
"CNN took the banner off now......."

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I know...I am so confused. Foxnews.com doesn't say anything either...

I just heard church bells ringing at the church next to my office at 12:29. I thought it was odd but the internet still said the Pope was alive. I guess that's what it was. How beautiful and sad, all at the same time.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3235285a12,00.html

How the Vatican verifies a Pope is dead

02 April 2005




ROME: The Vatican has a clearly established procedure for verifying the death of a pope.

Following is what is specified by Vatican law, according to Rev Thomas Reese, editor in chief of America, the Catholic weekly magazine, and author of Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organisation of the Catholic Church.

When the pope dies, the prefect of the papal household, Bishop James Harvey, informs the "camerlengo" or chamberlain, Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo, who must verify his death.

He must do this in the presence of the papal master of ceremonies, Archbishop Piero Marini, the cleric prelates of the Apostolic Camera and the secretary of the Apostolic Camera.

The secretary of the Apostolic Camera draws up a death certificate.

The camerlengo then tells the vicar of Rome, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, of the pope's death and the vicar informs the people of Rome.

In the meantime, the prefect of the papal household tells the dean of the college of cardinals, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who in turn informs the rest of the college, the ambassadors accredited to the Holy See and the heads of nations.

While this is the formal procedure, most people will learn of the pope's death from the media.

As late as 1903, at the death of Pope Leo XIII, a pope's death was verified by striking the pontiff's forehead with a silver hammer. It may also have been used on John XXIII, who died in 1963, according to America weekly's website.