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Vatican City,
2nd April 2005 (CNA)
- Pope John Paul II, before entering into the
state of diminished consciousness, whispered to
his personal secretary the eloquent phrase: “I am
happy, be it yourselves as
well.”
According to the Saturday issue of the
Italian daily Il Secolo XIX, the Pope
pronounced these moving words to Archbishop
Stanislaw Dziwisz, his personal secretary and
right hand from his days as Archbishop of Krakow
(Poland.)
The message was mainly addressed to the
priests and religious who have been serving the
Pontiff in the last months.
Nevertheless, the phrase, according to the
Italian daily, has become a “testament” for all
the faithful around the world
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