Sick Pope Cancels Engagements for Third Day In a Row

Breitbart ^ | February 29, 2020 | Breitbart London

[E. Pluribus Unum]

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis cancelled official engagements for the third day in a row Saturday as he battled an apparent cold.

The 83-year-old pope, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory illness as a young man, has never cancelled so many official audiences or events in his seven-year papacy.

Francis is, however, continuing to work from his residence at the Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel and is receiving people in private, the Vatican press office said. On Saturday, those private meetings were with the head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office, Francis’ ambassadors to Lebanon and France and a Ukrainian archbishop.

Cancelled were his two planned official audiences — formal affairs in the Apostolic Palace where Francis would have delivered a speech and greeted a great number of people at the end. Those were to include an audience with an international bioethics organization and with members of the scandal-marred Legion of Christ religious order.

[LouieFisk]

“Did he really go hug people sick with corona virus?”
—
Sometimes there’s a great,positive impact to the world in winning the Darwin Award.

[sockmonkey]

https://mcmnt.com/vatican-confirms-pope-francis-and-two-aides-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

(That’s a celebrity gossip site, I think)

[RummyChick]

Not seeing anything else confirming this. Do see a lot of people referencing this article but no other confirmation. Saw a couple of things discussing Pope in Italian on twitter so don’t know if that had anything.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I read a comment that he did, but I haven’t seen any video.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

>>>Does this mean there will be white smoke if he passes?<<<

I’m thinking he’s probably too evil to die.

[Ciaphas Cain]

To the best of my understanding, when a pope dies the head of the college of cardinals bangs the corpse on the head with a silver mallet. If he doesn't stir then they declare the pope "truly dead". After that the late pope's signet ring is smashed to keep fraudulent documents from being post dated. They lock up his apartments, they go through all the funeral rituals etc. Then a week or so later the cardinals lock themselves in the cathedral and start voting on a new pope.

That's when everyone starts looking for the white smoke. The signal that "we have a pope".

(disclaimer: am not a Catholic, just relaying what some Catholic friends have told me)

[arthurus]

One of the videos that came out of WuHan a week ago was of presumably dead 7-9 y.o. children being put in a bag.

[Secret Agent Man]

I am praying he getsto meet Jesus real soon.

[laplata]

That’s right.

[laplata]

Chuckle.

[RummyChick]

Dang..surely they dont do the hammer to the head these days in the days of modern medicine

I wonder how many times a Pope has been hammered in the head and was still alive and lived to tell about it.

[Big Red Badger]

“I’m So Hammered!”
.
takes on a
Whole New Meaning.

[bboise]

“Sick pope...in more ways than one.”
I heartily agree!

[dfwgator]

And the first thing Jesus will tell him is, “We need to talk!”

[mvonfr]

Stats here claim no death under 10:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

[Caipirabob]

He still has time to convert to Christianity.

[wastedyears]

Have to wait for the black smoke from the Vatican

There's no proof of life for RBG, what makes you think they'd immediately tell the world that the pope died?

[OKSooner]

No comment...

[Deaf Smith]

I do not know how everyone will have to wait for the black smoke.

Maybe they will change it to rainbow smoke.

[Hieronymus]

Or become an Anglican.