Reply #10: MSNBC is only saying (online, anyway) that there are some reports [View All]

[nickinSTL]

that the Pope has lost consciousness.

I'm listening to the BBC, they seem to have kept pretty up to date.

There was an unconfirmed report mentioned earlier that the right side of the Bronze Doors of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican was closed, a traditional indication of the death of a pope.

And the man (Cardinal Ruini, Vicar of Rome) who would give the official announcement of death is currently celebrating mass at the nearby cathedral of St. John Lateran.