IF ACCORDING TO THE ARCHBISHOP, IF THERE ARE MORE VALUABLE THINGS IN THE LATE PONTIFFS NOTES [ NO DOUBT THERE WOULD BE MORE VALUABLE.. ] THAT WOULD BENEFIT MANKIND THEN THERE'S NOTHING WRONG IN WHAT THE ARCHBISHOP HAS DONE BECAUSE EVEN THE LATE PONTIFF WANTED MANKIND TO BE BENEFITTED ALWAYS - VICTOR --- In Pope-John-Paul-II@yahoogroups.com, "Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Secretary Didn't Burn Pope John Paul II's Notes > By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, AP > > > > AP > Pope John Paul II pictured with his longtime secretary Archbishop > Stanislaw Dziwisz. > > > WARSAW, Poland (June 4) - Pope John Paul II's longtime private > secretary said Saturday he did not burn the late pontiff's notes as > his will demanded, arguing that the papers contain "great riches" and > should instead be preserved. > > Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, who worked with the pope from 1966 > until his death earlier this year, told Polish state radio there > are "quite a lot of manuscripts on various issues," but he offered no > details. > > "Nothing has been burned," Dziwisz said. "Nothing is fit for burning, > everything should be preserved and kept for history, for the future > generations - every single sentence." > > "These are great riches that should gradually be made available to > the public." > > Dziwisz did not say when or how that might happen. > > In a March 1979 entry to his testament, John Paul said he left no > material property and asked that Dziwisz burn all his personal notes. > > In Saturday's radio interview, Dziwisz suggested that some of the > notes could prove useful in the late pontiff's beatification process. > Dziwisz said he took his own daily notes throughout John Paul's > papacy, which he said also could prove useful to that process but > contain no opinions about individuals. > > Last month, Pope Benedict XVI announced he was lifting a five-year > waiting period to start the process to beatify John Paul, the last > formal step before the late pontiff could be made a saint. > > On Friday, Benedict - who was close to the late pope - appointed > Dziwisz archbishop of Krakow in southern Poland. John Paul, then > Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, held the same post before his election to the > papacy in 1978. > > Dziwisz said there is a general feeling Benedict will not travel as > extensively as his predecessor, but that he would like to visit > Krakow and the Polish capital, Warsaw. No dates have yet been set. > > So far, Benedict has only one foreign trip planned - to the World > Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, in August. > > > 06/04/05 13:47 EDT > > > I don't know, but it just seems wrong not to respect what the pope's > will says. >
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