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Originally Posted by stanerlee

you've got to realise that the vatican is more secretive than stalinist russia.
i like honesty from public bodies and i wouln't be bothered if they told us that he was on his way out

We don't get told that other people are on their way out do we? We are usually informed when they are ill and eventually when they have passed away. In some cases we don't even realise famous people were ill until they've pegged it. I think it would sound a bit like hovering vultures to announce to the media that someone is on their last legs.