POPE JOHN PAUL’S HEALTH HAS SERIOUSLY DETERIORATED. AN URGENT BULLETIN ISSUED LATE
YESTERDAY EVENING BY DIRECTOR OF THE VATICAN PRESS OFFICE,JOAQUIN NAVARRO VALLS,
SAID THE POPE HAD SUFFERED BREATHING PROBLEMS FOLLOWING A HIGH FEVER AND URINARY INFECTION. PILGRIMS
MADE THEIR WAY DURING THE NIGHT TO ST PETER'S SQUARE JUST BELOW THE PAPL APARTMENTS,
IN A SIGN OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE POPE'S SUFFERING. FRIDAY AT MIDDAY, THE VATICAN
ISSUED A SECOND STATEMENT ON POPE JOHN PAUL'S HEALTH, READ AND TRANSLATED FOR YOU
BY SEAN PATRICK LOVETT.