John Paul II Wanted to Use Pontificale Romanum
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Archbishop Lefebvre had signed a 5 May 1988 memorandum which would have opened for this possibility, but he later retracted.
De Blignières says that Cardinal Ratzinger told him that John Paul II had decided to carry out this episcopal ordination himself using the Roman Pontificale.
Picture: Ioannes Paulus II., Louis-Marie de Blignières, #newsLxryqsmbjt
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