“Pope Francis defends St. John Paul II and denounces unfounded allegations”

2023-04-16 11:24:19

Pope Francis has paid tribute to St. John Paul II and denied allegations linking the Polish pope to the Orlando case. The conclusions are “insulting and unfounded,” said Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday after Regina Coeli.

On Mercy Sunday, which tells the gospel of Doubting Thomas, Francis called not to exclude anyone from God’s mercy and in the …

In memory of the Polish Pope, he certainly expresses “feelings of believers all over the world,” said Francis on Sunday after Regina Coeli. The current allegations against John Paul II, which are circulating on the basis of rumors and without verified testimonies or facts, have been described by Pope Francis as “insulting and unfounded”.

“Certainly interpreting the sentiments of believers throughout the world, I send a grateful thought to the memory of Saint John Paul II, who is the subject of insulting and unfounded conclusions these days.”

hints and rumours

Francis is likely to have referred to statements by the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared 40 years ago, who alluded to alleged habits of the then Pope John Paul II in an Italian television program this week. Pietro Orlandi had also made similar suggestions before the Vatican investigating magistrate, who is currently re-examining the case, without proving them. His lawyer, who spoke to the Vatican on Saturday, did not name any names either, citing professional secrecy.

“Neither Pietro Orlandi nor the lawyer Laura Sgrò considered providing the promoter with names or useful information about the sources of these statements and their credibility,” commented Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery of Communications. “It would have been important for the Vatican judiciary to know the source of the rumors reported by Orlandi. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.”

“It would have been important for the Vatican judiciary to know the source of the rumors reported by Orlandi. Unfortunately this did not happen”

At the end of last year, Vatican public prosecutor Alessandro Diddi launched new investigations into the case 40 years ago. Pietro Orlandi had been questioned by him as a witness for several hours last Tuesday. Pietro Orlandi had put Francis’ pre-predecessor in the vicinity of organized crime and pedophilia after the interrogation on the channel ‘La 7’.

“In the Orlandi case, Pope Francis and the Vatican Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin want the truth to come out without reservations,” emphasized the promoter of the Vatican City Justice Diddi in connection with the resumption of the investigation. The 58-year-old is a well-known criminal lawyer and professor of criminal procedure. The Italian judiciary had investigated several times without success and stopped the investigations in 2015 for the time being.

(vatican news – pr)

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