Posted on 02/17/2009 2:49:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Polish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp published a book Tuesday recollecting her family's relationship and vacations with Pope John Paul II, including letters from the late pontiff.
Wanda Poltawska, an 87-year-old psychiatrist, said the relationship started in the 1950s when she sought out a priest for spiritual support so she could overcome the trauma she suffered during almost four years at the Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
That priest was Karol Wojtyla, who was elected pope in 1978.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
Ping
That was the camp where Corrie Ten Boon was am I correct?
She and her family ended up there.
Wow. How . . . dazzling.
Am I the only person who as noticed that His late Holiness was always where he was needed the most?
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