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Ellis in Wellyland

Friday, April 01, 2005

Pope John Paul II

I have just heard that the Pope has suffered a heart attack and is gravely ill. Last week, when Sydney Archbishop Cardinal Geroge Pell asked Catholics to pray for the Pope in his 'final illness' I didn't realise it would be so sudden.

I remember being at St Francis Xavier Primary School in Tawa when Pope John Paul was elected, then his death a few days later. On the election of Pope John Paul II we all prayed for him.

Then when he was shot in 1981 we all prayed for him again.

Tonight, I will pray for the Pope again. He has been an devout servant of God and of all humanity all his life and if this is the end on earth then he can be proud of what he achieved for us all.

Go in Peace.