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The pope’s doc

Francis X. Rocca

After 31 years as the pope’s personal physician, gastroenterologist Renato Buzzonetti is stepping down in favor of his longtime assistant, cardiologist Patrizio Polisca. A couple of years back, Buzzonetti firmly denied controversial speculation that he had cooperated in euthanizing his patient, Pope John Paul II.

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