Vatican: Pope Has Suffered Heart Failure

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Vatican: Pope Has Suffered Heart Failure

Edited on Fri Apr-01-05 01:30 AM by tuvor

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said Friday that Pope John Paul II's condition was very serious, hours after he suffered heart failure.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a statement that on Thursday afternoon the pope's heart stopped momentarily during treatment for a urinary tract infection.

"This morning the condition of the Holy Father is very serious," the statement said.

However, it said that the pope had participated in a 6 a.m. mass Friday and that "the Holy Father is conscious, lucid, and serene."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&e=1&u=/ap/pope

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