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The George-Anne Student Media Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 4-4-2005 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (2005). The George-Anne. 3090. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/3090 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. le campus like a swarm of gnats Reaccredation www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu GSU undergoes its reaccredation visit this week. See page 3 Monday, April 4,2005 • Volume 77, Number 78 POPE JOHN PAUL II . 1920-2005 A POPE OF THE PEOPLE Andy Burriss/Associated Press/TheHerald Pope John Paul II greets Jennie Clark, 10, of Columbia, S.C.,formerly of Rock Hill, S.C., on Sept. 11,1987 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Columbia, S.C. Despite his pain, aged pontiff delivered a powerful message By Victor L.Simpson from St. Peter's Basilica, the assembled One strummed a guitar, and other Associated Press flock fell into a stunned silence before pilgrims joined in singing the "Ave John Paul II remembered fondly by locals. somepeople broke into applause—an Maria" Pope John Paul II, who helped By Adam Crisp and Luke Heam even Protestants, will mourn the loss of John Italian tradition in which mourners "The angels welcome you," Vatican topple communism in Europe [email protected] Paul II because he delivered his message so often clap for important figures. Oth- TV said after papal spokesman Joa- and left a deeply conservative personally. ers wept. Still others recited the rosary. quin Navarro-Valls announced the Five thousand miles and several continents stamp on the church that he led for "He transformed the papacy. It is going A seminarian slowly waved alarge red death of the pope, who had for years separate Statesboro and Vatican City. But for 26 years, died Saturday night in his to be very difficult for the next pope to not and white Polish flag draped with black suffered from Parkinson s disease and many, the distances matters very little. The Vatican apartment, ending a long travel and do the things that John Paul has," bunting for the Polish-born pontiff, came down with fever and infections loss of Pope John Paul II looms quite large in public struggle against debilitating said Stachurski. "There is the notion that some in recent weeks. tiny Bulloch County. illness. He was 84. the most-traveled pope in history. people think he was not on top of things in his In contrast to the church's ancient "I haven't heard too many of our parish- "We all feel like orphans this At one point, prelates asked those final years, but everything I've heard suggested traditions, Navarro-Valls announced ioners speak about it," said Frier David Sta- evening," Undersecretary of State in the square to stay silent so they he was very on top of things." the death to journalists in the most churski, the priest at Statesboro s St. Matthew's Archbishop Leonardo Sandri told the might "accompany the pope in his Stachurski suggests that while John Paul modern of communication forms, Church. "But that's probably because the pope's crowd of 70,000 that gathered in St. first steps into heaven." II remained active and visible — even when an e-mail that said: "The Holy Father condition worsened over the weekend, but I'm Peters Square below the pope's still- But as the Vatican bells tolled in his health began to fail — a new leader for lighted apartment windows. mourning, a group of young people died this evening at 9:37 p.m. in his sure there is a sense of actual grieving." Stachurski said many Catholics, and In the massive piazza that stretches sang, "Alleluia, he will rise again." See POPE'S DEATH, page 2 See LOCAL REACTION, page 2 • mi 19* 1994 I960 1978 1980 1992 1997 1998 2005 starts sssfst ffdaiwflawissj! 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Secret ballot to John Paul II was an unexpected choice for pontiff when he was chosen in 1978. He was There is no clear favorite when the 117 the first non-Italian in 455 years and the first Pole ever to assume the papacy. The next determine next pope pope may be from Europe or from the developing world where the church is growing. pope highly unlikely cardinals begin their secret conclave later this month. Some possible candidates By Brian Murphy But names often mentioned as "papabile" Associated Press — the Italian word for possible papal candidates <*** nn VATICAN CITY — The intense guessing — include Cardinal Francis Arinze, a Vatican- game over who will be the next pope has only based Nigerian, and Brazilian Cardinal Claudio [ft'~JL Hummes. fty M1 one certainty: the cardinals will must decide Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal whether to follow John Paul II with another Arinze, 72, converted to Roman Catholicism Francis '■ Jorge Mario ■ Norberto Claudio iOscar Andres: Joseph : Christoph I Angelo Dlonigi as a child and shares some of John Paul's conser- Arinze : Bergoglio : Rivera Hummes I Rodriguez i Ratzinger j Schoenborn i Sodano I Tettamanzi non-Italian or hand the papacy back to its Carrera I Maradiaga : traditional caretakers. vative views on contraception and family issues. But he brings a unique element: representing a Prefect of the Archbishop Archbishop Archbishop : Archbishop of Prefect of the . Archbishop Secretary Archbishop The Polish-bora John Paul was the first Congregation of Buenos of Mexico of Sao j Tegucigalpa, Congregation of Vienna, of State, of Milan, nation shared between Muslims and Christians of Divine Aires, City Paulo, Brazil Honduras for the Austria Vatican Italy non-Italian pope in 455 years and brought Worship and Argentina Doctrine of a new vitality to the Vatican and challenged at the time when interfaith relations assumes Discipline of the the Faith Sacraments parochial attitudes throughout the church. One growing urgency. If elected, he would be the view holds that the papal electors will want to first black pope of modern times. Nov. 1, 1932 Dec. 17,1936 June 6,1942 Aug. 8, 1934 Dec. 29, 1942 April 16,1927 Jan. 22, 1945 Nov. 23, 1927 March 14,1934 maintain the spirit by recognizing the Roman Hummes, 70, is archbishop of Sao Paolo, CREATED CARD Catholic centers of gravity outside Europe in Brazil, and urges more attention to fighting May 25, 1985 Feb. 21,2001 Feb. 21, 1998 Feb. 21,2001 Feb. 21,2001 June 27, 1977 Feb. 21, 1998 June 28, 1991 Feb. 21, 1998 Latin America and Africa. poverty and the effects of globalized economies. Nigeria Argentina Mexico Brazil Honduras Germany Czech Republic Italy Italy Another theory suggests that the Italians will See NEXT POPE, page 2 SOURCE: Holy See Press Office Wilh-im PAGE 2 I NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 4,2005 THE GEORGE-ANNE POPE'S DEATH, FROM PAGE I Popes of the 10th century LOCAL • ■ * Polish-born Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope to serve in 455 years. The ninth pope private apartment." The spokesman spread across the Soviet bloc. No less of the 20th century, he served the third-longest papacy in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. REACTION, said church officials now would be an authority than former Soviet Presi- • • following instructions that John dent Mikhail Gorbachev said much of FROM PAGE 1 Paul had written for them on Feb. the credit went to John Paul. Leo XIII St. Pius X Benedict XV Pius XI ■ Plus XII John XXIII Paul vi John Paul 1 : John Paul II the 1.1 billion Roman Catholics will 22, 1996.
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