Krakow, Poland, Jun 14, 2011 / 22:21 pm
A reliquary of Bl. Pope John Paul II’s blood has been placed in the altar of a new church in Krakow named for him.
Leading churchmen placed the relic in the new sanctuary of Bl. John Paul II in Krakow, the city where he rose from being a parish priest to archbishop.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow said in a Mass that the blood recalls the sacrifice John Paul II made in serving Christ when he was shot by a Turkish gunman in 1981.
He also invoked Pope John Paul II’s slogan “Be not afraid!”