Not being Catholic, but being a lover of Catholics, me and Mrs. Tibbs have a question about the Pope.

Is he more leader of figure head? We ask because why hasn't he been retired to a beautiful Italian villa with the best health care the church can provide while a new Pope is elected and takes over the running of the church.

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customerjon @gmail.com is where information happens.

Good question, I would like to know the answer to that one too.

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"How bad can it be?" - SimpleS

CNN is reporting that he has died.

The pope is the true head of the church. He sets public policy, and gives final approval on all promotions (bishops, cardinals). I think they are servants to God until He calls them to Him, so I guess you could say JP II has finally retired now. But Roman Catholic priests do retire, so I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you.

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I for one am going to miss the guy. I might have had some disagreements with him but he seemed to want to really reach out to the world and show that we can all get along. We need more men like him.

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customerjon @gmail.com is where information happens.

Me too. I disagreed with him on many things, but I think he was an honest, good man who was not afraid to speak his mind. Did you know he was quite the mountaineer in his younger days as a priest in Poland?

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