Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald on Substack: "Archbishop Marcinkus was the the Forrest Gump of Vatican conspiracies. Read about how he thwarted a papal assassination attempt. And then things get really weird."

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Archbishop Marcinkus was the the Forrest Gump of Vatican conspiracies. Read about how he thwarted a papal assassination attempt. And then things get really weird.

Mendoza carried a kris (a dagger with a wavy blade) inscribed with the words "bullets, superstitions, flags, kingdoms, garbage, armies and sh*t." As the pope was greeting people, Mendoza lunged at him with the dagger, striking him once in the chest and twice in the neck.

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

Mar 16

6:03 PM