Pope celebrates his 84th birthday

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BBC News snip:

Pope John Paul II is marking his 84th birthday with a cake baked by his cook, Sister Germana, and the publication of a new autobiography.
The 200-page book, Get Up and Let Us Go , follows his journey from new Bishop of Krakow to being elected as Pope.

It contains intimate reflections on the pontiff's faith and details his experiences in Communist-era Poland.

Despite deteriorating health the Pope maintains a gruelling schedule of appearances and foreign trips.

Vatican officials said the Pope's best birthday present would be a visit to the Swiss capital Bern at the beginning of June, when he will meet thousands of young Roman Catholics.
More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3724305.stm

For many, a re-issue of Piers Compton's The Broken Cross would be a far more fitting tribute to JP2's career. Listing the membership and history of the P2 Lodge and events leading up to the death of "God's Banker" Roberto Calvi (whose murder is only now up before the courts in Italy) - including the satanic agenda of the Lodge and all the Stalinist paymasters who bankrolled it - Compton's book is a far more realistic assessment of the crumbling mafia turf war that characterises these final days of JP2's pontificate.

[freetobegay]

1. Anybody got a pretzel?

[loftycity]

2. He's only 84!? ---he looks like he is a 120 years old

Holding up those high standards of the church..




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[gula]

3. I guess they haven't got the letter yet, asking the Pope to resign

signed by about 40 prominent Swiss catholics, including priests.

Warning, the link is in German

http://blick.ch/PB2G/PB2GA/pb2ga.htm?snr=70813

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. This is the guy who helped bring down the iron curtain

Lech Walesa et al.

[Fenris]

5. And for his birthday, God killed Tony Randall.

[happynewyear]

6. Happy Birthday Pope John Paul II!

and may you have many more! :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. Happy Birthday Papa!!!

As much as I disagree with so much of the policies of your Papacy. I admire the priest you were before your coronation.