http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A32355

Pope close to death  
Reuters

Pope John Paul is in a very grave condition and
appears close to death after suffering
cardio-circulatory collapse and shock, the Vatican
said in a statement. 

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul is in a 

very grave condition and appears close to death after
suffering cardio-circulatory collapse and shock, the
Vatican said in a statement.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the
84-year-old Pope had been given the Holy Viaticum —
communion reserved for those close to death — and had
decided himself not to go to hospital for treatment.

The Vatican statement said the Pope had received
cardio-respiratory assistance on Thursday and on
Friday morning was still conscious, lucid and
tranquil.

It said the Pope celebrated Mass with his close aides
at 6.00 a.m. on Friday.

Pope John Paul’s fragile health took a sharp turn for
the worse on Thursday evening as he developed a very
high fever caused by a


                
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