John Paul II's Secretary Didn't Burn Notes

WARSAW, Poland, JUNE 5, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Pope John Paul II’s longtime personal secretary said he did not burn the late Pontiff’s notes as his will demanded, arguing that the papers contain «great riches» that should be preserved.

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«Nothing has been burned,» said Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow to Polish state radio on Saturday, reported the Associated Press.

The archbishop, who worked with the Pope from 1966 until his death earlier this year, said that «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,» he said.

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