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Archbishop
tells his wife: ‘I love you as a sister’
Jane Barrett In Rome
EMMANUEL Milingo, the archbishop who shocked the Vatican
in May by marrying a woman chosen for him by the Reverend Sun Myung
Moon, said yesterday he was returning to the Roman Catholic Church
and loved his wife as a sister.
Archbishop Milingo, 71, who
had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, appeared on
Italy’s main evening news to explain his decision and to read a
letter he had tried to send his Korean wife, Maria Sung.
"The words of the Holy Father [Pope John Paul] - ‘in the
name of Jesus Christ come back to the Catholic Church’ - moved me.
My deepest desire is to obey the Holy Father and submit to the laws
of the Church," the Zambian prelate read.
"I love you as a
sister and I will continue to pray for you for the rest of my life,"
he added.
Ms Sung watched the broadcast with a herd of
reporters on a huge screen set up in the conference room of her Rome
hotel. "It’s not possible, it’s not possible. He’s been drugged,
he’s been drugged," she said.
Ms Sung, 43, began a hunger
strike ten days ago, threatening not to eat until she saw her
husband again. - Reuters
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