[sinkspur]

His Eminence told me the following: "Knowing that his death was close, John XXIII called me and told me: `Silvio, Silvio; my pontificate has been a failure. All the things I wanted to accomplish have not been done; what I did not want to take place is being realized.""

Twenty-two years after JPII's death, methinks Oddi was engaging in a bit of 20/20 hindsight.

A Woodward-Casey moment, perhaps.

[AskStPhilomena]

"Twenty-two years after JPII's death, methinks Oddi was engaging in a bit of 20/20 hindsight."

As far as I know JP2 isn't dead yet.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Kerry's Pope Pius XXIII?