Pope John Paul had been wounded in 1982 stabbing
By ronaldinu
@ronaldinu (12422)
Malta
October 17, 2008 4:29pm CST
I have just read that the late Pope John Paul was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.
It is a big surprise to me that crazed ultra-conservative Spanish priest, that the Pope was hurt but it was kept a secret until now. Pope john Paul 2 was a great man of the 20th century whether you agree with his religious creed or not. What do you think about this story!
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7 responses
@vmksvmks (413)
• Canada
19 Oct 08
I may be hallucinating but I remember that incident and i thought it was released to the media the same day I donot remember it being a secret.I am a devout Catholic so i was shaken up by the incident but grateful he was alright Good Luck Have a Great Day You may be right and I may be wrong I cannot remember for sure
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
19 Oct 08
i do agree that he was a great man!! i cant believe this!! for a priest to do it too..
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Oct 08
i hope they punished the priest that did it. that's awful.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
I heard that news. I was still a single woman then I just don't understand why his being wounded has to be kept secret! What for! It's better to have had been announced so that his fellow Catholics could have had prayed altogether for his recovery. Sometimes I don't understand some decisions made by Churches. Oh well, they are entitled to that but just asking...why?
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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18 Oct 08
Hi ronaldinu,
How convenient to have keep it secret, just like they keep everything secret, I think it was kept secret because it was a fellow priest who stab the pope, so how many secrets has the vatican have? makes you wonder.
Tamara
@worldbestwriter2008 (1633)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
oh really, I also learned a news when pope john paul the second visited manila philippines, he got also wounded by a muslim brother but pope john paul the second forgive him.. i don't really know what's the main the reason but what i admire him is that inspite of it. he forgave the person, that's the pope.
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
17 Oct 08
Wow!! I dind't know about this until you mentioned it. A knife wielding priest? What the heck? That's got to be one of the craziest things I've ever heard. I hope he was kicked out of his position for that. I can't believe the crazy things that some people will do. What did he think he was going to gain by stabbing the Pope?
