My Inquirer column today on the man who saved the life of Paul VI in Manila.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/81746/the-popes-gorilla
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Bishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus (1922-2006) was not known in Rome as ���Il Gorilla��� for nothing. He towered over most people in the Vatican Curia because he stood at 6���4��� without shoes. He weighed over 200 pounds, and, like a sumo wrestler, tackled a deranged Bolivian painter who attempted to assassinat���
Published on January 16, 2015 03:38