Vatican releases record of John Paul II's last days
NYTimes.comVatican Releases Official Record of Pope John Paul II's Final Days
By BRIAN WINGFIELD
Published: September 19, 2005
ROME, Sept. 18 - The Vatican has published a meticulous account of Pope John Paul II's final days, vividly describing his last hours and providing an official chronology of his death.
According to the report, which runs more than 200 pages, John Paul's final words were, "Let me go to the house of the Father," which he uttered about six hours before dying in his apartment on April 2.
The report is being released as a supplement to the Vatican's official journal, the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Excerpts were published in the Sunday issue of Avvenire, a Roman Catholic newspaper.
The Vatican did not provide a similar report for John Paul's predecessor, Pope John Paul I, who died in 1978, just over a month into his papacy. As a result, conspiracy theories abounded about his death.
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