Thanks be to God the health of the Pope is in a better state today than it was last Sunday, when we referred to his hospitalisation. Besides praying for him, we can send him an e-mail with our best wishes.
In fact, the Vatican Website has highlighted Pope John Paul II's public e-mail address so that well-wishers can send him their greetings and promises of prayer. Messages may be sent to the pope by clicking on a link in English titled "Best Wishes for the Holy Father" on the Vatican's homepage: www.vatican.va
It opens an e-mail form with the pope's address - john_paul_ii@vatican.va.
An official in the Vatican's Internet office said that he did not know how many e-mails the Pope had received since undergoing the tracheotomy because the Internet office is just a transit point for the messages, which are forwarded to the Vatican Secretariat of State.
A summary of all the messages with the complete texts of a few sample messages are then forwarded to the Pope.
A Christian Outlook invites its readers to send a "get well" message to the Pope today.