POPE BENEDICT KISSES THE BLOOD OF JOHN PAUL II
The blood of John Paul II has arrived in Colombia.“His blood is the symbol of life, says Father Slawomir Oder. The small round cylinder inside the glass mounter contains a sample of the blood of the late Pope, ready to be carried through the streets of Bogota. The relics that arrived ion Bogota 20th of January consist of a small vile of the late pontiff’s blood which was extracted by medical officials before his death in April of 2005.