Pope Francis calls “insinuations” against John Paul II unfounded
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Sunday rejected as offensive and unfounded what he called insinuations by the brother of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago about one of his predecessors as pontiff, Saint John Paul II. Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on 22nd June, […]
Papal official rejects new claims in ‘Vatican Girl’ mystery
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican pushed back hard Friday at “slanderous” insinuations against St John Paul II that were aired following the reopening of an investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee. The kerfuffle erupted after Emanuela Orlandi’s brother, Pietro, spent eight hours meeting Tuesday with Vatican prosecutors, who earlier this […]
Vatican clears aide to John Paul II of negligence claims
Rome, ItalyAP A Vatican investigation into allegations that the former top aide to St John Paul II was negligent in handling sex abuse claims in his native Poland has cleared him of wrongdoing, the Vatican’s embassy in Poland said Friday. A statement from the embassy, or nunciature, said the investigation conducted by a Holy See […]
Vatican probes alleged abuse negligence by Polish cardinal
Warsaw, PolandAP The Vatican’s embassy in Poland said Saturday that a Holy See envoy spent 10 days in the country checking reports of alleged negligence by a retired archbishop of Krakow who had served as personal secretary to the late Pope St John Paul II. The embassy said that during his 17th to 26th June […]
Anniversary of John Paul II attack marked as Poles grapple with abuse
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican marked the 40th anniversary of the attempt on the life of St John Paul II with a Mass on Thursday, amid muted commemorations in Poland where the Catholic hierarchy is grappling with a legacy of failures to confront clergy sexual abuse. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, John Paul’s closest aide, celebrated the morning […]
Retired pope suggests St John Paul II be called “the Great”
Rome, ItalyAP Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has honoured St John Paul II on the centenary of his birth and floated the idea that he should be called “the Great,” as only two other popes have been. John Paul’s longtime secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, held a press conference in Krakow, Poland, on Friday to present a […]