Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Manning wuxuu ka mid ahaa kardinalkii doortay ee ka qaybgalay shirarkii la qabtay bishii Agoosto iyo Oktoobar 1978, kuwaas oo doortay Pope John Paul I iyo John Paul II siday u kala horreeyaan. Ka hor inta uusan galin shirkii August, wuxuu sheegay in kaniisada "meelo badan aysan laheyn taageero siyaasadeed" wuxuuna ku baaqay in la helo baadari "ka beddeli kara dadka jacaylka". Sanadkii 1981, John Paul II wuxuu u diray ergey gaar ah oo baadari ah xafladda Drogheda, Ireland ee sannad-guuradii saddexaad ee shahiidnimada Saint Oliver Plunkett. Wuxuu ku baaqay in la joojiyo masaafurinta Salvador
qaxootiga dagaalka sokeeye ee 1983.