16-05-2020 02:54 via sltrib.com

Retired pope suggests St. John Paul II be called ‘the Great’

Rome • Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has honored St. John Paul II on the centenary of his birth and floated the idea that he should be called “the Great,” as only two other popes have been.John Paul’s longtime secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, held a news conference in Krakow, Poland, on Friday to present a letter by Benedict, which was released to the media in a half-dozen languages. The fanfare suggested that Dziwisz wanted to draw attention to the praise of his belove
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