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Pope's resiliency angers Newsweek writer New York, Mar. 01 (CNA/CWNews.com) - William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, has said Newsweek magazine should "pull the plug" on columnist Christopher Dickey after Dickey suggested in an article that Pope John Paul II (bio - news) continues to impose his will on the Catholic Church by his "stubborn" will to live. Dickey's article in the "Periscope" section of the March 7 edition of Newsweek is titled "He Has Willpower-- But No 'Living Will.'" Dickey said, "Even as the aged pope's body shuts down in the late stages of Parkinson's disease, his will to live-- and to impose his will on the Roman Catholic faithful-- remains as stubborn as ever." He later writes that if the Pope were to slip into a coma, "Could anyone-- would anyone-- pull the plug?" "When presidents like Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt continue in office despite poor health, they are regarded as courageous, even heroic," Donohue said, pointing out the contradictions. "What is really astonishing-- and maybe Dickey could address this-- is the extent to which this dictatorial pope is loved the world over." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/wpWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> "[M]y ministry is that of servus servorum Dei." --Pope John Paul II (Ut Unum Sint, no. 88) "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it." --Matthew 16:18 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pope-John-Paul-II/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
