"The Holy Father died this evening at 9:37 p.m. (2:37 p.m. EST) in his=20 private apartment. All the procedures outlined in the apostolic Constitution `Universi Dominici Gregis' that was written by John Paul II on Feb. 22,=20 1996, have been put in motion."
The announcement came from papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls and was distributed to journalists via e-mail. Dominic Fernandes
