OK maybe it's because I was born in 1982 and I've only seen John Paul the second as a Pope, and I don't know how it was in 1978 - maybe the same thing happened, but I'm reading these websites and they are all narrating this sad episode of Karol Wojtyla's life as a freaking horse race, "oh he's near death, he's dying, italian TV says he's dead! oh he's not dead yet, but he's not good...", and antecipating on who'll be the next pope... OK maybe it's because I'm from a catholic country and have followed a few catholic traditions (even though, at this part of my life I consider myself to be agnostic), but... uh... dosen't it feel like a mother dying, and the father wanting to marry this other younger girl as soon as possible? Can't we wait to see if he recovers or not?

OK I wish he recovers and go on with his job, he's a role model for everyone on this planet. I hope he recovers so he can talk (and forgive) those italian journalists who are saying he's dead every 5 minutes.