2008年10月17日星期五

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Aide: Pope John Paul II wounded in 1982 stabbing (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 04:52 PM CDT

In this May 12, 1982 file photo Pope John Paul II is seen on his popemobile after he celebrated a mass in Fatima Square, Portugal, May 12, 1982.  The longtime private secretary of the late Pope John Paul II has revealed that the pope was wounded in a 1982 knife attack by a priest in Portugal. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz makes the revelation in 'Testimony,'' a movie on John Paul's life that was screened for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008.  It was known that John Paul was assaulted by a knife-wielding Spanish priest while visiting the shrine of Fatima in Portugal to give thanks for surviving an assassination attempt in 1981, when he was shot by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter's Square. (AP Photo, file)AP - The longtime private secretary of the late Pope John Paul II revealed in a film screened Thursday that the pope was lightly wounded in a 1982 knife attack by a priest in Portugal. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz made the revelation in "Testimony," a movie on John Paul's life that was screened for Pope Benedict XVI and top clergy at the Vatican.


Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 06:18 AM CDT

AP - The Roman Catholic archbishop of Baltimore told a Pennsylvania woman to stop disseminating messages that she claims she receives from the Virgin Mary.

Religion today (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 06:18 AM CDT

Saint Joseph's University President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., is seen on campus in Merion, Pa., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - The shortage of Roman Catholic clergy isn't just being felt in church.


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