10-24-2003, 04:33 AM | #1 |
Jack Burton
Join Date: March 21, 2001
Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney
Age: 41
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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
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10-25-2003, 12:11 PM | #2 |
Quintesson
Join Date: September 11, 2002
Location: Milan (Italy)
Age: 43
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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.
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10-27-2003, 11:39 AM | #3 |
Symbol of Cyric
Join Date: June 15, 2002
Location: Denmark
Age: 43
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I'd say he is remarkably active for a man hovering at death's door.
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