Vatican cardinal acknowledges pope has Parkinson's disease

Sunday, May 18, 2003

VATICAN CITY -- A top Vatican official acknowledged Saturday what many observers have long suspected -- that Pope John Paul II suffers from Parkinson's disease. He said the pontiff's prayers helped him cope with the degenerative neurological disorder.

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