as usual got this from my email.. (actually from my mom)

> > DO YOU KNOW WHY THE POPE IS TIRED?

> >
> > IN 23 YEARS OF HIS PONTIFICATE, THESE ARE SOME OF
> > THE REASONS WHY THE POPE IS TIRED:
> > NUMBER OF TRIPS OUTSIDE OF ITALY: 95
> > NUMBER OF TRIPS INSIDE ITALY, NOT INCLUDING ROME:
> > 140 VISITS IN ROME AND CASTELGANGOLFO: 726
> > BEATIFICATIONS: 1,282
> > CANONIZATIONS: 456
> > NUMBER OF NATIONS VISITED: 130
> > NUMBER OF CITIES VISITED: 604
> > NUMBER OF SPEECHES OUTSIDE OF ITALY: 3,430
> > SPEECHES DURING HIS PONTIFICATE: 20,341
> > NUMBER OF GENERAL AUDIENCES: 1,218
> > DOCUMENTS:
> > 13 ENCYCLICAS
> > 13 APOSTOLIC EXHORTATIONS
> > 11 APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS
> > 41 APOSTOLIC LETTERS
> > CATHECHISM
> >
> > NUMBER OF PERSONS THAT HAVE ATTENDED HIS GENERAL
> > AUDIENCES: 16,930,200
> >
> > DURATIONS OF HIS TRIPS:
> > 541 DAYS, 18 HRS, 25 MIN
> > TOTAL OF KILOMETERS: 1,400,607
> > (THIS IS 28,3 TIMES AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS 2,97
> > TIMES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON
> > AND ALL THIS ACCOMPLISHED WITH 18 HOURS DAILY WORK.
> >
> > HE DOES NOT TAKE ANY MEDICINES.
> > HE HAS HAD 6 SURGERIES.
> > IN ONE OF THESE, THEY CUT 2,5 METERS OF INTESTINE.
> > HE HAS ARTROSIS IN ONE LEG; THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT
> > FOR HIM TO WALK. EVEN SO, HE NEVER COMPLAINS AND
> > KEEPS GOING FORWARD.
> >
> > WHATEVER YOUR BELIEF MAY BE, THIS POPE IS AN
> > EXAMPLE FOR ALL, CHILDREN,
> > YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, SICK OR HEALTHY.
> >
> > HE DOES THIS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD
>FOR
> > MANKIND.
> >
> > ON HIS LAST TRIP TO BULGARIA, HE WAS ASKED IF HE
> > WILL STEP DOWN, AND HE ANSWERED:
> > "IF CHRIST HAD STEP DOWN FROM THE CROSS, I WOULD
> > HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THE SAME"
> >
> > POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS ASKED ON SATURDAY JULY 6TH
> > WHEN HE WAS PRAYING
> > THE ANGELUS IN FRONT OF PILGRIMS TO ST. PETER'S
> > SQUARE, FOR US TO PRAY
> > FOR HIM.
> >
> > HE SAID HE IS STILL THERE BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH
> > THAT PRAYERS GIVE HIM.
> >
> > COULD YOU HELP HIM WITH A PRAYER?
> >
> > COULD YOU SEND THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS SO THAT WE
> > ALL PRAY FOR HIM?
> >
> > THANK YOU
> > BLESSINGS

HE DOES NOT TAKE ANY MEDICINES.

I wouldn't bet on that. But of course the best medicines cannot really do much, since he's old and he's got Parkinson's disease.

I am not catholic, but I wish him well.

I'd say he is remarkably active for a man hovering at death's door.