“Pope Francis Defends Late Pope John Paul II Against Unfounded Allegations: Latest News & Updates”

2023-04-16 16:21:07

Pope Francis defended the late Pope John Paul II. This is “these days the subject of insulting and unfounded allegations,” complained the Catholic Church leader today following the Regina Coeli prayer in front of the faithful on St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Francis did not say which allegations he was referring to.

In March, a documentary caused an uproar in Karol Wojtyla’s home country of Poland, accusing him of knowing regarding abuse allegations once morest priests in the 1960s and 1970s before he was elected Pope as Archbishop of Kraków and protecting the perpetrators by transfer.

Fall Orlandi

However, Italian and Vatican media related Francis’ statement to statements made by the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared almost 40 years ago. The judiciary of the Papal States has been investigating the case since January. Prosecutors want to investigate the suspicion and the leads according to which Orlandi, the daughter of a curial employee and a citizen of the Vatican, was kidnapped or murdered. The teenager did not come home on June 22, 1983 following a music lesson in the historic center of Rome. A body was never found.

After a meeting with the Vatican’s main prosecutor, her brother Pietro once once more commented on the case in a TV program last Tuesday. He said he was convinced that both Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI. and Francis knew or know what happened at that time.

However, a statement that left room for interpretation caused a stir: Orlandi said that he had heard that Wojtyla kept going out in the evenings with two friends, two Polish priests, and certainly not to “bless the houses”. He later clarified in another program that he never accused John Paul II of pedophilia. His words were used to make headlines.

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