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...Peter's Basilica, to the elevator that would bring him up to the Pope's private quarters. It was around noon when the Cardinal approached the Holy Father's bedside. John Paul's condition had deteriorated that morning. The same throat infection that had twice sent him to Gemelli hospital had begun to spread through his body. Apart from his curial position, Ratzinger was there as one of the Pope's dearest friends, and Vatican insiders have quietly speculated about this final encounter between the two men. Some, according to Vatican sources, actually believe the Pope prophesied to Ratzinger that...
...longtime Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls will continue to operate through the transition period. Despite continuing complaints that he is not as forthcoming as some would like, Navarro-Valls has gotten good grades for his handling of the pontiff's last months. After he had rushed to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 1, there was an initial attempt to sweeten the picture of John Paul's health: the Vatican feared a groundswell from the faithful questioning the authority of an enfeebled (and potentially incapacitated) pontiff. But the pontiff's final 72 hours were a model of transparency from the press office...
...Still, the faithful say they have much to learn from the current Pope. Susan Addinall, a high school teacher from Sydney leading a pilgrimage of 43 students, came to pray for the Pontiff outside Gemelli hospital on Wednesday. "He is still our spiritual advisor," she told TIME. "Now he teaches us how much love and peace and hope can come out of suffering - and that death is not something to be feared...
...Rome. Tuesday morning another statement cleared the Pope's calendar for the next two days, but confirmed that there was nothing serious about his condition. But when the Italian newswire ANSA flashed word just after 11 p.m. local Rome time on Tuesday that the Pontiff had been rushed to Gemelli hospital, there was a worldwide fear that the worst could be happening...
...trouble breathing other times in the past. This was obviously more serious." But rather rapidly the Pope's condition appears to have stablized. On Wednesday morning, he held Mass from his hospital bed after a light breakfast and coffee. And Navarro-Valls told reporters jammed in the Gemelli lobby: "There is no cause for alarm...