Shame … under his leadership the Catholic Church has extended a hand in friendship to various Islamic groups. And he was the first Pope to apologise for the actions done during the Crusades.
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]Pope John Paul II has suffered a cardiac arrest and is in a grave condition, the Vatican has announced.
The urgent communique came hours after the Pope’s health worsened with a high fever caused by an infection.
“Following a urinary tract infection, septic shock and a cardiocirculatory collapse occurred,” Vatican spokesman Navarro-Valls said in his statement.
On Thursday he received the Saint Viaticum, the Catholics’ last rites for the sick and dying, the spokesman said.