I don't know much about the pope, and I know a little about the Catholic religion. I do know however that one of the great Henry kings made it up because according to the religion they followed they we're not allowed to have more than one wife, this pissed one of them off so he made his own 'branch' of it. There are several 'branches' of this religion; None of which I follow. I have no doubt that the pope was a good man but he did not do anything of any real significance for me. Therefore he's another good old man dead and gone. Like Ermintonto said, 'hundreds of people die everyday'. People die, thats the way it is, just hope he's in "heavan".