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John Paul II's Tomb Not Being Moved

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 31, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The director of the Vatican press office denied press rumors that Pope John Paul II's tomb will be moved during these days from the Vatican grottoes to the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica.

According to the Sunday edition of the Italian daily La Stampa, a study in collaboration with the Vatican police was already made about the transfer of John Paul II's remains. The report announced that a Vatican commission presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri already approved the study.

"I can decidedly deny the existence of a commission presided over by Cardinal Comastri, and that has already made any decision about the issue," Father Lombardi said in a statement.

He further clarified that it is "unfounded to speak of any participation of the Vatican police," and explained that "any decision about the issue will not be made before the beatification" of the Polish Pope.

Father Lombardi stated that "what the article affirms doesn't go beyond a simple hypothesis, whose discussion is totally premature."