CBS News Special Report - Pope John Paul II death

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[0:36] I'm th shus good afternoon everyone

[0:39] according to wire reports Pope John Paul

[0:42] II a leader of the Roman Catholic church

[0:44] for the past 26 years has died he was 84

[0:49] years old now John Paul died in the

[0:51] Vatican Apartments after suffering

[0:53] septic shock and heart problems

[0:55] resulting from treatment for a urinary

[0:58] tract infection it was the last of a

[1:00] long list of ailments that Afflicted him

[1:03] the once robust Pope had become

[1:05] increasingly frail over the years

[1:07] suffering from among other things

[1:09] Parkinson's disease in recent weeks he

[1:11] was unable to preside at Mass unable

[1:14] even to speak and those are the lights

[1:16] from his apartment for a live update

[1:18] from Rome we are joined Now by CBS News

[1:21] correspondent Alan pizzy and Alan what

[1:23] can you tell

[1:25] us what we've been told is the pope died

[1:28] at 9:37 Rome time time that's about 23

[1:31] minutes ago he passed away peacefully in

[1:33] his papal Apartments it was well known

[1:36] that he was dying the Vatican very

[1:37] openly admitted that for for the last 24

[1:40] hours they've been saying that he is

[1:42] going sliding peacefully towards uh what

[1:46] one priest said were the Gates of Heaven

[1:47] opening for him John Paul I second chose

[1:50] to die at home he knew he was dying the

[1:52] Vatican said uh he Aid said that he was

[1:55] fully conscious of what was happening to

[1:57] him when he chose not to go to the

[1:59] hospital he knew his situation was grave

[2:01] he knew he would die what the pope

[2:03] wanted to do was to die at home and he

[2:05] wanted to be near the faithful there are

[2:06] about 40,000 people in St Peter's square

[2:09] right now and what Pope Jo

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