Pope Vs. Dove: Cuteness wins!
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II shooed a dove — a symbol of peace — out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.
The pontiff was addressing thousands of young people from an Italian Catholic organization who marked January as a month to promote peace.
He was flanked at his studio window by a pair of 8-year-olds — a boy and girl — who urged the world to remember children who live in countries wracked by war.
John Paul prayed that young people, "who so desire peace, become courageous and tenacious builders" of peace.
Each of the children at his side sent a dove flying, but the white birds, perhaps alarmed by Rome's unusual cold spell, almost immediately darted back into his studio.
Laughing, the 84-year-old ailing pontiff seemed determined to set the symbol free. He grabbed one of the doves as an aide returned the birds to the window sill, and he shooed it out the window and playfully patted the boy on the head.
After a quick flight over the square, the bird quickly fluttered inside again as the pope grinned
Whats funny isnt what happened, but how he looks handling the birds.
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He looks like a todler or a cat or something.
I dont know why I'm so happy seeing him like this rather than looking like he's about to die.
He looks like he's having fun rather than slowly crumbling.
GO CUTE POPE!
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Oh man..heh heh.
I'm making my giggles from reading this sound like a cough cause I'm at work, seriously though he does look like a cat batting at them.
He's got his tongue out. I reckon he's teething.
I love the tongue face, he looks like someone trying to build a house out of blocks. Best news item ever.
There is hope, but not for us.
I didnt make this
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but I wish I had 
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[QUOTE=Fiberoptic Jesus]I didnt make this
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but I wish I had :)[/QUOTE]
Ha. No one made it. Its for real. Its part of his papal(?) powers.
roman catholicism will take over the motherfucking world with the pope force 5
i bet all you protestants regret 1517 now ehhhh
*zap*
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[QUOTE=Proton]roman catholicism will take over the motherfucking world with the pope force 5
i bet all you protestants regret 1517 now ehhhh
*zap*[/QUOTE]
Pope because we are a bunch of religious guys who are close to god and all.
Force as in we are a force to be reckoned with.
And Five because there are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, of us.
Ive beenw atching waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much Pulp Fiction.
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"... got this store bought way of saying I'm ok..."
[URL=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20050201/ts_nm/pope_health_dc]Not so cute anymore.[/URL]
This might be the beginning fo the end. I hope not for my Mother's sake.
it's been getting to the end for a while, the guy can't even stand up much anymore, my mother said "good riddence" but she's a bitter person
[QUOTE=mr_hash]it's been getting to the end for a while, the guy can't even stand up much anymore, my mother said "good riddence" but she's a bitter person[/QUOTE]
Sorry, but thats a fucked up thing to say no matter who it is.
she thinks he's too old and conservative, and she thinks there should be a younger pope who does things better. she's also insane
[QUOTE=mr_hash]she thinks he's too old and conservative, and she thinks there should be a younger pope who does things better. she's also insane[/QUOTE]
Is she even Catholic?
yeah she went to church everyday when she was growing up, she goes like once a month now.
Well, I guess her opinion on the matter has some worth. What that value is I don't know. And so you know I am not trying to get on your Mom's case in any shape or form that this comment can be taken.
she just likes to complain about things she doesn't really care one way or the other I don't think she means him harm she just doen't like him
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Pope Has Tracheotomy to Help Breathing
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By VICTOR L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II underwent a successful tracheotomy operation Thursday to ease his breathing problems, the Vatican (news - web sites) said, after he was rushed back to the hospital for the second time in a month, suffering fever and congestion. Surgeons inserted a breathing tube in his throat.
A Vatican statement said the operation was finished "in a positive way" and lasted 30 minutes.
But a tracheotomy will have serious consequences for the pope's abilities to carry out his duties. The operation will prevent him from speaking for an extended period of time and probably require a long hospital stay. [/QUOTE]
I like how they described the operations concluded "in a positive way". What does that even mean? The end is near. Poor Popey.
It means that he didn't die, I suppose...
There is hope, but not for us.
Its the choice of words that just didn't sound right. LIke they specifically chose to use those words or something. Maybe its the Italian translation that didn't do the response its justice.
I agree with you FJ. I hate seeing those images of him all slumped over almost done in and what not. I giggled at this when I read it earlier.