Secretary Didn’t Burn John Paul’s Notes
By Marc • Jun 5th, 2005 • Category: the ChurchI’m not really sure how I feel about this.
“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.”
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.
I think I probably disagree with Archbishop Dziwisz not burning the notes. It seems to me that wishes of any person upon their death should be followed.
Marc is a Catholic technology geek living in Tennessee. He blogs at Wild Tangents and is the host of the Catholic Vocations Podcast.
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initially, i too disagreed with what the archbishop did, until i did more looking at the code of canon law. it gives the executor some room to alter a will, but after consultation and for pious causes. i blogged about it here.
thanks for the post. vox
Thanks for the comment vox. I appreciate you posting the relevant cannon law on your blog. If anyone else is reading this, go check out vox’s post on his blog!