Suffering Pope Fights High Fever, Infection
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A frail and pained Pope John Paul was battling on Friday against a fever and urinary infection, raising fears around the Roman Catholic world that his historic papacy might be nearing an end.
Italian media said the 84-year-old Pontiff had received the sacrament for the sick and dying commonly known as the Last Rites. It is given to the very seriously ill but does not necessarily mean death is imminent.
As dawn approached on Friday, a Polish priest at the Vatican said the Pontiff's health was stabilising thanks to antibiotics administered to tame the potentially lethal infection.
Medical sources said the next 24 hours could prove crucial, adding that his condition was precarious.
"He's ill, very ill," an unnamed medical source was quoted as saying by Italy's Ansa news agency on Friday.
The Pope, who is struggling to recover from throat surgery and has been sick for most of the past two months, was not taken to hospital despite the gravity of the situation. One media report said he was too frail to be moved.
"Pope Wojtyla at the end of his life," Il Giornale newspaper said in a banner front-page headline on Friday.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A frail and pained Pope John Paul was battling on Friday against a fever and urinary infection, raising fears around the Roman Catholic world that his historic papacy might be nearing an end.
Italian media said the 84-year-old Pontiff had received the sacrament for the sick and dying commonly known as the Last Rites. It is given to the very seriously ill but does not necessarily mean death is imminent.
As dawn approached on Friday, a Polish priest at the Vatican said the Pontiff's health was stabilising thanks to antibiotics administered to tame the potentially lethal infection.
Medical sources said the next 24 hours could prove crucial, adding that his condition was precarious.
"He's ill, very ill," an unnamed medical source was quoted as saying by Italy's Ansa news agency on Friday.
The Pope, who is struggling to recover from throat surgery and has been sick for most of the past two months, was not taken to hospital despite the gravity of the situation. One media report said he was too frail to be moved.
"Pope Wojtyla at the end of his life," Il Giornale newspaper said in a banner front-page headline on Friday.
To read the rest of the article, go here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=631223
(If, that's the case, I hope not ! )
but this week is special cuz of easter was last sunday so special for him go home with jesus...