Word: confalonieri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...able to travel again for six months. When he does, or when he appears at St. Peter's, the Cardinals who know him best feel certain that the Pope will once again want to plunge into the crowds of admirers and worshipers. Says Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri, the dean of the College of Cardinals: "The good shepherd offers his life for his sheep. Because of this, the shepherd will not detach himself from them. It would imply that he is abandoning his flock...
...pall of shock and fear had begun to lift slightly. The Pope improved enough the day after the shooting to take Communion at a Mass said in his room by Monsignor Dziwisz, receive brief visits from some Vatican prelates and speak to his doctors. Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri, the Dean of the College of Cardinals and one of John Paul's visitors, reported that the Pope has "no resentment in him, but complete forgiveness toward" his would-be killer. Francesco Crucitti, a surgeon at the Gemelli hospital, said he had asked the Pontiff whether his pain had diminished. John Paul...