ABC News: Vatican: Pope John Paul II Is Near Death: "VATICAN CITY Apr 2, 2005 � Pope John Paul II was near death as dawn broke Saturday, his breathing shallow and his heart and kidneys failing, the Vatican said. Millions of faithful around the world paid homage, many weeping as they knelt with bowed heads, others carrying candles in prayer for the 84-year-old pontiff.
The pope 'is on the verge of death,' Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, head of the Vatican's health care office, told the Mexican television network Televisa. 'I talked to the doctors and they told me there is no more hope.' "

After all the events of this week I will be spending today in prayer and reflection.
The Holy Father died tonight at 9:37pm Rome time.