John Paul's final words revealed by Vatican

STRUGGLING to breathe, Pope John Paul II mumbled his final words in Polish: "Let me go to the house of the Father." Six hours later, the comatose pontiff died, the Vatican says.

John Paul's final words revealed by Vatican

The account of John Paul's final hours appears in a meticulous official report on his last weeks, released in what may be an effort to ward off doubts about how forthcoming the Vatican has been about his illness and April 2 death.

There was much speculation in past decades over how some pontiffs died.

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