Did St. JPP II respond to Assata Shakur?

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In 1998 Assata Shakur, an activist, Black Panther and a Catholic that was found guilty for killing a NJ State Trooper, wrote St. JPP II a letter. Despite being found guilty, there was no physical evidence linking Shakur to the homicide, she was also found shot twice in the arm lying on the ground at the crime scene at the NJ Turnpike. Shakur and two passengers were pulled over for a broken tail light, one of the passengers was killed.

Shakur claimed to be tortured while imprisoned and being held in solidary confinement for 20 months. She eventually escaped and made her way to Cuba where she remains as a political refugee.

That was all for background, her letter is published all over the internet but I have yet to find any sort of response from the late pope. Did he respond? Privately? Publically? I don understand that because of the delicacy of the situation he may have responded below the radar and thus there is no record of it. Below is a written copy of the letter as well as a video recording of Shakur reading it.

youtube.com/watch?v=bPgYijCQEZw
genius.com/Assata-shakur-open-letter-to-pope-john-paul-ii-annotated
 
HungerNThirst4R said:
In 1998 Assata Shakur, an activist, Black Panther and a Catholic that was found guilty for killing a NJ State Trooper, wrote St. JPP II a letter. Despite being found guilty, there was no physical evidence linking Shakur to the homicide, she was also found shot twice in the arm lying on the ground at the crime scene at the NJ Turnpike. Shakur and two passengers were pulled over for a broken tail light, one of the passengers was killed.

Shakur claimed to be tortured while imprisoned and being held in solidary confinement for 20 months. She eventually escaped and made her way to Cuba where she remains as a political refugee.

That was all for background, her letter is published all over the internet but I have yet to find any sort of response from the late pope. Did he respond? Privately? Publically? I don understand that because of the delicacy of the situation he may have responded below the radar and thus there is no record of it. Below is a written copy of the letter as well as a video recording of Shakur reading it.

youtube.com/watch?v=bPgYijCQEZw
genius.com/Assata-shakur-open-letter-to-pope-john-paul-ii-annotated
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Me too. Unfortunately everyone strayed away from this discussion :confused:
 
I think it may be one of those things only St JP II and Assata know.
 
Also I know see my error in using “JPP” instead of “JP”. I may have had football and Jason Pierre-Paul (JPP) on the brain.
 
HungerNThirst4R said:
I think it may be one of those things only St JP II and Assata know.
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Yes, possibly. However, given that she publicly posted her letter to Pope John Paul II, he may have been reluctant to respond. Could she be trusted to keep his response private?

I don’t know anything about her, or about her situation. However, if I were a public figure such as a pope, I would be wary about being misused by activists to further their agenda.
 
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