Cardinals Head for Rome

It doesn't look good for the future of this Papacy. It is almost certain now that the Holy Father is about to die and the Church is gathering together her Princes for the impending transition. Now all we can do is wait. For hours now I have been watching the Window on the various news channels. Outside in the Square people have gathered from all around the planet to pray for his soul and his health.
Pope John Paul II's journey is coming to a close and we are faced with the end of an era. Already the world is preparing for the election of a new pope a the funeral for this one. How does the world say good-bye to a leader such as this?
In my years I have heard many people talk who have nothing but ire and rancor toward the Catholic Faith. People, many of whom are fallen away from the Church themselves, that have only negitive things to say about the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, talk, ad nausium, about their some fancifal imagery and a love of art as though it were on the same level as a cult, or some kind of paganistic pseudo-religion.
2000 years of heritage and faith, however, stand on the brink of proving these people fools. Mark my words: The Popes Funeral will include people of every faith. Kings, queens, presidents and the throngs of faithful which will decend on the Eternal City will show these people that there is still fire, yet, in the old ways. It won't shut them up but then nothing really ever will. At least it will show that for every one of them there are ten of us and that, regardless of what charges they levy on us, we will abide.