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Historic Paul VI chalice given to Mundelein

To thank him for saving his life in Manilla in 1970, Pope Paul VI gifted Chicago native Archbishop Paul Marcinkus with a chalice. That chalice is now in the collection of Mundelein Seminary.
Bishop George Rassas and Father Brad Zamora examine a chalice that belonged to Archbishop Paul Marcinkus and was given to the seminary by the Sisters of St. Casimir. Archbishop Marcinkus was a Cicero native and seminary graduate but was best known for his tenure as President of the Vatican Bank from 1971 to 1989. In 1970, Marcinkus overpowered an attacker armed with a knife who lunged at Pope Paul VI at the Manila Airport, during a papal visit to the Philippines. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Archbishop Paul Marcinkus (CNS file photo)
The chalice made of German silver and given to Archbshop Marcinkus by Paul VI bears a personal inscription and the papal seal. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Pope Paul VI greets the crowd as he visits the Verano cemetery in Rome in 1973. The pontiff gifted a chalice to Chicago native Archbishop Paul Marcinkus for saving his life in 1970. (CNS photo/Giancarlo Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo)
Pope Paul VI’s papal seal is affixed to the top of the green box that holds the chalice. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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