Thanks. I finally got through on EWTN's web site to verify the news, and saw they had confirmed JP II is still alive, but in very grave condition.
According to Malachy, who prophecied all Popes centuries ago, we only have two more after John Paul II.
It will be interesting to see if he is wrong or not.
About him:
"In 1139 St Malachy set out from Ireland on a harrowing pilgrimage to Rome. On sighting the Eternal City he fell to the ground and began murmuring cryptic Latin phrases, each signifying the future destiny of the Popes.
For four hundred years the manuscript was locked in the labyrinth of the Vatican. On its rediscovery in 1595 it was rejected by the Church authorities as fraudulent but the content of the prophecies remains remarkably and chillingly accurate: to this day 90 percent have come true."