Pope's Condition Worsens Story aired: Friday, April 01, 2005
Pope John Paul II is in grave condition, after suffering heart failure and septic shock. A tearful papal spokesperson told reporters today that despite unstable blood pressure and other afflictions, the 84-year-old Pope is "lucid, fully conscious and extraordinarily serene." In accordance with his own wishes, the Pope will not be moved into a hospital facility.
Guests:
Paddy Agnew, Vatican correspondent for the Irish Times.
David J. O'Brien, professor of history at Holycross College.
WBUR's Monica Brady-Myerov.
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