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Wojtyla’s engineer friend Ciesielski comes one step closer to beatification .
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/world-news/detail/articolo/wojtyla-wojtyla-wojtyla-30781/(emphasis mine)[milanA few days ago Pope Francis signed the decree recognising the heroic virtues of Jerzy Ciesielski, who is now a step closer to sainthood just as his great friend and teacher, Karol Wojtyla, whom he never lived to see as Pope. In the homily he said at Ciesielski’s funeral (he died tragically whilst on an Egyptian cruise in 1970) John Paul II confided that he felt the same sadness Jesus had felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. J.
Quote from: Marie Auxiliadorahttp://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/world-news/detail/articolo/wojtyla-wojtyla-wojtyla-30781/(emphasis mine)[milanA few days ago Pope Francis signed the decree recognising the heroic virtues of Jerzy Ciesielski, who is now a step closer to sainthood just as his great friend and teacher, Karol Wojtyla, whom he never lived to see as Pope. In the homily he said at Ciesielski’s funeral (he died tragically whilst on an Egyptian cruise in 1970) John Paul II confided that he felt the same sadness Jesus had felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. J.If canonized, I expect he will be the first saint to have died tragically on a cruise.