John's Paul II's Doctor: I don't know how he survived the shooting
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The doctor to Bl. Pope John Paul II has explained that he doesn't know how the assassin's bullet intended to kill him did not do so. He also talked about the Holy Father in his last days, as he worked amid failing health.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
4/23/2014 (1 decade ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Bl. Pope John Paul II, doctor, assassination, shooting
"I don't know how he survived the shooting," Dr. Rodolfo Proietti told the media. He also explained that doctors also learned a lesson about willpower and intervention, and that Bl. Pope John Paul worked hard, "even after he no longer had a voice."
Watch the video and conclude for yourself. Was the Virgin Mary, long credited by the Holy Father for her intervention, responsible for the Holy Father's survival? how else but by miraculous intervention can we explain the spectacular survival, healing and endurance of Bl. Pope John Paul II?
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