Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Vatican to Use Pope John Paul's Blood for Relic; Vial of His Blood to Be Relic in Church in Poland

The Voice of America News website reports today (April 26, 2011) that the Vatican has decided that blood taken from Pope John Paul II -- shortly before his death -- will be used in the official relic for veneration during his beatification on May 1.

In a statement yesterday, the Vatican said that several vials of blood -- that were never used -- had been drawn for a possible transfusion shortly before the pope's death on April 2, 2005.

After the beatification, a vial of Pope John Paul's blood will be installed as a relic in a church in Krakow in the pope's native Poland.

Beatification is the last major step before possible sainthood.

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