John Paul aide starts new job
‘Pope John Paul II’s longtime aide, who worked with the pontiff for 40 years and cradled him in the “popemobile” after a 1981 assassination attempt, was installed yesterday as archbishop of Krakow, the post once held by the late pontiff.
Pope Benedict XVI, who appointed Stanislaw Dziwisz to lead the important diocese in June, described him as “the best person to hold this position” in a papal bull read out by the Rev. Jan Zajac during a ceremony in the Wawel Castle cathedral.
“By now, the faithful have come to know your responsibility and dedication, and I am sure they will be obedient to you,” the bull said.’
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