Fed up hearing about the Pope dying.

The Pope is a very significant personage to many, many people in this world. He is seriously ill and they want updates on his condition, which is perfectly natural.

I'm Cof E but news of regarding the Pope is big news and the

I pray not for his recovery but that he should be at peace whatever form that is to take. Sometimes death can be seen as healing. I like to hear that he is comfortable and appreciate the updates. By the way I didn’t hear him mentioned at all on the BBC 10 pm news last night.

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I wish that this website offered a 'thumbs up/thumbs down' option after comments. Just about every other similar site does.

Then I could have clicked the 'thumbs down' option after reading your comment!!
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I'm not Catholic but lot are and regardless he is a significant world leader. I'd rather hear about The Pope than Trump the egotistical narcissist....

Me too! Lots of us Catholics around!

I’m fed up hearing about the royal family every day, but I guess some people are interested.

I too am not a Roman Catholic but I still pray for his recovery and I have very faith that he will be just fine. He is good hands.

He's just a man, and an old one at that. Sad that it is, it's no different from any other sick person. I think he should be left alone by the media.

It seems he is sitting up and doing some of his paperwork so hopefully a bit better.
I am not Catholic but I don't mind updates on the Pope's condition. It's only a few minutes of my day.

As a Christian Anglican I pray for him

Pippa22

If millions of people are praying for the Pope and there is power in prayer then he should be O.K. shouldn’t he ?

Yes.

As Catholics our prayers are for the Pope to pass peacefully.

Passing on to Heaven is more than ok, it's wonderful.

If millions of people are praying for the Pope and there is power in prayer then he should be O.K. shouldn’t he ?

NotSpaghetti

I haven't heard a single Lengthy bulletin dissecting everything - I've only heard fairly "ordinary" reports. I'm obviously not listening to whatever you are listening to, escaped

I agree with this. There has been relatively little on the BBC News app. I am Catholic but have never been Pope Francis’ biggest fan. However he is our father and he has asked for the details of his illness to be made known to us and to the world in general. I’m grateful for all the positive comments on this thread.

But you wanted to spend time making a thread about it? There are probably more people in the world for whom the Pope is one of the most important people in their lives than there are who were interested in following the news of the late Queen whose funeral arrangements filled our media for weeks, and the new King's accession. Not Roman Catholic myself but will be empathising with those who are if things take a turn for the worse.

NotSpaghetti

I haven't heard a single Lengthy bulletin dissecting everything - I've only heard fairly "ordinary" reports. I'm obviously not listening to whatever you are listening to, escaped

Yes, it has been. DH mentioned it because there are lengthy very explanatory reports on the Breakfast News and other rolling news programmes, which I don't watch.

Maybe Sky is the outlier then?
I've listened to mainly radio 3, 4 and LBC over the last few days I'd say - and the TV isn't on until evening so I'm not aware of reports there.

The Pope has been mentioned in the radio briefings- but hardly excessive.

I'm sure you are hearing "too much information" though escaped or you wouldn't have posted here.

As a RC I am finding them irritating but the media have been encouraged to do this by the HF himself. He knows how rumour and speculation spreads so I understand the coverage.

There is so much going on at the moment I find it quite encouraging that it is being brought into prominence.

Also, I and others are reminded to pray for him and the church and to keep him in our thoughts, which is a good thing. There was a thread asking people to do that very thing for someone else on GN last night, and what a positive response that had, too.

As for the film Conclave I haven't seen it but would remind people it is a work of fiction.

Pope Francis remained in a critical condition yesterday but was showing signs of a 'slight improvement', the Vatican said.

Lengthy because they repeatedly go back over the past 10 days, NotSpahetti wanting fill out air time on the matter and discuss it, Sky certainly.

I haven't heard a single Lengthy bulletin dissecting everything - I've only heard fairly "ordinary" reports. I'm obviously not listening to whatever you are listening to, escaped

Just to set the record straight, I have said nothing disrespectful or unpleasant about Pope Francis himself. For what it's worth I think he has actually been a good Pope.

Neither did the thread today set out to criticise anyone on here, Catholic or otherwise, for wanting to hear the intricate details of his final journey.

My problem was with the broadcasting of every medical piece of information around the clock over the past few days. I don't like it, I find it disturbing for want of a better word, that modern journalism wants to know painful details about a dying person's condition. Lengthy bulletins dissecting everything seem unnecessary. That's how I feel, though I do understand it is a delicate balance. I apologise if I worded the OP clumsily, but several posters obviously understood what I meant. Maybe it would have been better to discuss under a heading other than religion.

And to be fair, I would feel exactly the same way whichever important figure were being discussed in this manner at this particular time.

I think dying in your sleep sounds peaceful. Of course with modern painkillers and sedatives it is probably easier in lots of cases. Imagine infections when there were no antibiotics, can't have been easy.

I don’t think the OP deserves all the name calling for not liking it either.

I’m not really interested in hearing bulletins about the Pope either but accept that many, Catholics in particular are.
It’s the way things are now with anyone of importance in the world that tv and radio constantly repeat news about them on the hour every hour.
We don’t all have to like it tho.