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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Folks... His Holiness ain't dead yet. It ain't official until the Cardinal Camerlengo goes up to the Pope's deathbed and addresses him using his baptismal name three times:
"Karol Josef Wojtyla, are you awake?"
After that, then the papal ring is removed and defaced, and the papal apartments are sealed.
The deathwatch continues...
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Doesn't the Cardinal do this only after a doctor pronounces him dead? Because I've taken care of mulitple septic shock patients who aren't officially dead yet, but couldn't respond to you calling their name.