Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes

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Secretary Didn’t Burn John Paul’s Notes

MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
AP
6/4/05

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Pope John Paul II’s longtime private secretary said Saturday he did not burn the late pontiff’s notes as his will demanded, arguing that the papers contain “great riches” and should instead be preserved.

Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, who worked with the pope from 1966 until his death earlier this year, told Polish state radio there are “quite a lot of manuscripts on various issues,” but he offered no details.

“Nothing has been burned,” Dziwisz said. “Nothing is fit for burning, everything should be preserved and kept for history, for the future generations - every single sentence.”

“These are great riches that should gradually be made available to the public.”

Dziwisz did not say when or how that might happen.

In a March 1979 entry to his testament, John Paul said he left no material property and asked that Dziwisz burn all his personal notes.

In Saturday’s radio interview, Dziwisz suggested that some of the notes could prove useful in the late pontiff’s beatification process. Dziwisz said he took his own daily notes throughout John Paul’s papacy, which he said also could prove useful to that process but contain no opinions about individuals.

Last month, Pope Benedict XVI announced he was lifting a five-year waiting period to start the process to beatify John Paul, the last formal step before the late pontiff could be made a saint.

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I am torn over that,especially if his will said he wanted them burned:nope:
 
She’s as mad about it as I am. It’s what the Holy Father wanted and it seems very dishonest not to carry out his will.
 
I’m also VERY uncomfortable with the former secretary not doing what The Holy Father wished. I think he(JPII) will be canonized whether his personal notes are made public or not. At the very least, I wish he(former secretary) would’ve kept this info quiet and perhaps just held on to the notes in CASE they were need for canonization.
 
It makes me sad that his last will was not carried through,I can not see any reason at all to diregard his wishes.We all love him and he was a holy man,personally I believe he is a saint:nope: Why would anyone diregard his will???:nope:
 
I don’t like it either. It’s a good thing that we can’t sin in heaven, or JP-II might have a problem!

The only defense that comes to mind of Archbishop Dziwisz’s actions comes from the fact that he was the pope’s best friend. Perhaps in 1979 when John Paul II wrote that entry, he was being overly modest and Dziwisz felt that the request no longer applied. However, this is purely my speculation. I’m surprised that no one is demanding an explanation from the Archbishop.
 
I’m very upset by this.

I’m wondering why the current Pope is not speaking out about this.

I believe that this is a disgrace to the Holy Father’s memory and wishes. Obviously John Paul II did not want his notes revealed to the public. I will have to pray for these notes to be burned as the Holy Father wished.
 
It is upsetting but I have to hope that John Paul II’s trusted secretary would not release anything but that which would offer the world great spiritual riches. He has seen the notes and he may realize that they are the holy words of a saint that will one day become a classic book. Imagine if something like the “Imitation of Christ” had been destroyed.

Surely his devoted secretary would do nothing to harm our beloved deceased Holy Father.

We can all pray that God’s will be done in this matter. :gopray2:
 
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It is upsetting but I have to hope that John Paul II’s trusted secretary would not release anything but that which would offer the world great spiritual riches. He has seen the notes and he may realize that they are the holy words of a saint that will one day become a classic book. Imagine if something like the “Imitation of Christ” had been destroyed.

Surely his devoted secretary would do nothing to harm our beloved deceased Holy Father.

We can all pray that God’s will be done in this matter. :gopray2:
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The way I look at it, I guess, is how can JPII be harmed?

He no longer has any concerns of this world. Surely his entrance into heaven does not depend on anything that is done on earth today, right?

I’m not too worried about them. I’ve heard in a legal sense the deceased no longer have a right to privacy, but one would think a will is important. I figure those who have that information will need to do whatever they beleive they should do.

I suppose technically the destruction of the papers could just be delayed, unless JPII specified a particular time frame.

Alan
 
I think that JP2 knew what he was doing when he ordered the notes burned. I too hope that Pope Benedict will intervene. I’m sure that there’s a story or parable somewhere about someone who, thinking they were doing good, disobeyed the orders given him by his master, and only evil came of it.
 
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I think that JP2 knew what he was doing when he ordered the notes burned. I too hope that Pope Benedict will intervene. I’m sure that there’s a story or parable somewhere about someone who, thinking they were doing good, disobeyed the orders given him by his master, and only evil came of it.
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Sounds like this guy is like me. Overly attached to worldly possessions.

He’s saving them because there is valuable information in there. Duh. That’s why I saved darn near everything until I had so much stuff that I watched it all go up in flames in a house fire and feel better now about not having to keep junk.

Maybe the Pope’s secretary could try the same exercise. Let go, and have faith.

So there’s information in there that could help get JPII canonized. I wonder what JPII would have said about that – “gee, I really thought this needed to be burned so we can get on with the next Pope, but if you’re going to make me a saint that’s different; let’s search through all the rubbish.” :rolleyes:

Well, I guess this guy did know JPII better than I did! :bigyikes: What message does this send?

Alan
 
If JPII wanted them burned, they need to be burned. So what if Dziwisz thinks there’s a reason to not burn them. I would assume that there is a reason JPII WANTED them burned. It’s just wrong to not do as he wished. :tsktsk:
 
I think this is terrible and unless I’m really missing something, I don’t understand why this isn’t big news (especially in the secular media). What gives?

Debbie
 
Maybe Benedict XVI asks Dziwisz to not burn the papers because the Church is now investigating a cause for sainthood for John Paul II.

I read in Zenit that ALL writings by Pope John Paul II must be send to the tribunal for the beatification.
 
This is a terrible mistake. All I can think of how St. Gabriel of Possenti requested that his notebook be burned after he died. It was burned even though some hated to. Pope John Paul II’s request should be honored immediately.
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Although not burning the notes couldn’t really harm John Paul II now, I wonder if there might be information in them about other people who are still alive. I know that one saint, I believe it was Padre Pio, ordered that his personal papers be burned because he didn’t want others to find out information that was given to him in confidence. John Paul II may have had a similar reason.
 
Call me the rebel. JPII had plenty of time to have those papers burned. If he really wanted them burned, he would have had them burned before he died. It isn’t that hard. I’m with his secretary in wanting them saved.

Think of it. You have a diary or two that you don’t want around after you’re gone. So, if you are ill and you think you are going to go soon, you burn it. Simple.

Jackie O. burned a bunch of her stuff before she died. It’s not a hard thing to do. If it’s that important to someone then they can burn it before they go. Like I said, call me a rebel.
 
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Although not burning the notes couldn’t really harm John Paul II now, I wonder if there might be information in them about other people who are still alive. I know that one saint, I believe it was Padre Pio, ordered that his personal papers be burned because he didn’t want others to find out information that was given to him in confidence. John Paul II may have had a similar reason.
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Even if there were, I’d seriously doubt that the Vatican would actually release such things. Certainly not without good reason. This is why archives are usually sealed for decades before they ever become public.
 
this is insane!

a last will is just that.

i would be exceedingly unhappy if my last wishes weren’t followed.

what? is this person going to disobey the last wishes of a saint?

i wouldn’t care to walk in his shoes.

i am not too far away from my end. i expect my last wishes to be carried out.
 
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