[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by accystanmac

If there is morality it shouldn't be all over the press n media anyway !!!! i agree he should be left in peace with his family n those close to him like everyone else has a right to.

I think the reason it is "all over the press" as you put it is that many Catholics feel that he is their family and want to know what is happening to him not out of morbid curiosity but because they care - much as you would ring up a hospital if a loved one was in there and ask how they were. Remember he doesn't have any close family in the sense of wife and children either. The whole Catholic church is his family. I believe he is also liked and respected by many others outside of the Catholic church and has seemed to be a much more approachable pope than some others in the past. When he passes away, which I hope will be a peaceful experience for him, he will be mourned by many.

Yes people have differing outlooks on things but I agree with Janet that this does seem a bit tasteless and tacky. Oh dear Tealeaf what made you vote?