[kellynla]

I am sure God will take the pope when He is ready and not one second sooner! God bless Pope John Paul!

[Tall_Texan]

I am not Catholic but I'm very disappointed in Buckley for this. Like the Pontiff, Buckley has not been himself lately.

[Aquinasfan]

I have abstained from doing so. I hope that he will not recover.

If Buckley wished for God's will to be done, he should have said that. Instead, he said, "I hope that he will not recover." Big difference.

Whatever his point was, this is at best a stupid thing to say, especially publicly.

[Sun]

This is so outrageous and disrespectful to the Pope and to LIFE in general.

I'm seriously wondering if Buckley is going senile.

First he supported the war in Iraq, and then he changed his mind. And now this!!

I have no quarrel with anyone being either for the Iraq war, or against it, but for a one-time intellectual, like Buckley to change his mind sounds strange.

He used to be pro-life, but this doesn't sound pro-life.