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Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84 (1920~2005)

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died today in his Vatican apartment. He was 84.

"The angels welcome you," Vatican TV said after the announcement came from papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

"The Holy Father, John Paul II, died at 9.37 p.m. in his private apartment. All procedures foreseen in the Apostolic Constitution `Universi Dominici Gregis,' promulgated by John Paul II on Feb. 22, 1996, have been activated," his statement said.

It was distributed to journalists via e-mail. John Paul expired as cardinals were leading some 70,000 people at St. Peter's Square in prayers for him in his "last journey."

Bells tolled at the Vatican and across Rome, and Vatican, Italian and European Union flags were being lowered to half-staff across the capital.

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Re: Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84

it would be funny if he woke up and said "APRIL FOOLS."

it's sad when you see all the people cry over him sad

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Ridiculously overhyped by the media... So excited they thought he was dead a few times before it actually happened

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It may have been overhyped by the media, but it's still a "big thing". Maybe not in Sweden (we're not much into religion over here), but in other parts of the world.

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Yes, exactly. In Poland we will have a free day from work on Friday, when the funeral will be. In Warsaw there are huge traffic jams because of meetings on squares memorising the Pope (the biggest one yestarday had 150.000 participants). 90% of the Polsih webpages are black and white (the two biggest www.onet.pl and www.wp.pl).

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he was great man... sad

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Not only is it a big thing when a pope dies, its also the fact that he was considered one of the greatest popes in recent times.  He reached across many social and religious boundaries.  For crying out load he forgave the man who tried to kill him in person.  I am not as religious as I was forced to be as a youth.  But I do believe in the good things that humankind is capable of.  Pope John Paul II did many great things for humankind.