No, but in the past he would tap the pope lightly on the forehead with a small silver hammer while he called his birth name 3 times. If there was no response, the pope would be declared as deceased. The camarlengo still calls his name three times but a doctor makes the call on the death. The practice of the hammer was discontinued a number of years ago.
No. Not sure where you heard that from.
no Lorne cardinal from corner gas is still alive
Any licensed physician can declare death.
If their heart, breathing, and brain activity have stopped, they are dead.
Your highschool teacher
No. The only persons who can declare a person dead are those who write death certificates; a medical practitioner or, in the absence of a body, a coroner.
The most likely meaning is that the cardinal mistook the (glass) doorway for an opening, and died when it collided with the door.
I would think its bad luck to find anything dead in your yard, but I'm not sure if a cardinal means anything...usually its crows that are "bad luck".
On 1 May 1945.
Declare them both?
I THINK it is about 7 years one has to wait before the person can be declared legally dead. Look in the related link below for more information on this.
that the 1960s-style federalism was dead