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Pope John Paul on the Fast Track to Sainthood
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsLess than a year ago, the memory of Pope John Paul II, thought to be one of the most beloved pontiffs in history, was tarnished by some of the allegations in a Catholic sex abuse scandal that swept Europe and shook the Vatican to its very foundation. But today Pope Benedict XVI placed John Paul on the fast track to sainthood, greenlighting a miracle attributed to the late pontiff and setting May 1 as the date for his beatification. The news thrilled the faithful, who have seen the church battered not only by clergy sexual abuse but also by recent attacks on Christians worldwide. "We are ...
Pope John Paul II to Be Beatified May 1
By not in system - AOL NewsThe late Pope John Paul II, whose death in April 2005 prompted a global outpouring of grief and demands that he be made a saint on the spot -- "Santo Subito!" as mourners cried -- will move a step closer to canonization when he is beatified on May 1, the Vatican announced Friday. ...
Pope John Paul II's Beatification and the Road to Becoming a Saint
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsToday, Pope John Paul II is one step closer to becoming a saint. John Paul's beatification -- a stage in which an individual is known as "blessed," and one of the final steps before obtaining sainthood -- has been scheduled for May 1. He reached that stage of the Catholic Church's sainthood process after Pope Benedict XVI officially agreed there was evidence that John Paul had performed a miracle. The miracle supposedly occurred after a French nun, Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, prayed to the late pope and subsequently recovered from Parkinson's disease. So how, exactly, does the sainthood ...
Pope John Paul II to Be Beatified May 1
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY - The pope on Friday signed off on the miracle needed for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, and set May 1 as the date to honor one of the most beloved popes of all times as a model of saintliness for the church. Pope Benedict XVI said in a decree that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for beatification. A second miracle is needed for the Polish-born John Paul to be made a saint. The May 1 beatification, which Benedict himself will celebrate, is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to Rome - a major morale ...
Pope John Paul II Closer to Sainthood, Though Sex Abuse Critics Disagree
By David Gibson - Politics DailyVatican experts have attributed a miraculous healing to the intercession of the late Pope John Paul II, a ruling that appears to push the beloved Polish pontiff a crucial step closer to sainthood even as criticisms of his lengthy reign have mounted since his death in 2005. A leading Vatican-watcher, Andrea Tornielli of the Italian daily Il Giornale, reported this week that medical and theological experts with the Vatican congregation charged with overseeing the canonization process have affirmed that a French nun was cured of Parkinson's disease -- an affliction similar to the one that ...
Mortifying: Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself For Spiritual Growth
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhile the world knew the late John Paul II as a cheerful, globe-trotting pontiff -- a "happy warrior," as one biographer put it -- in private the Polish pope used to whip himself with a belt and spend entire nights prostrate on a bare floor in the quest for spiritual growth, according to a new book based on accounts from those closest to John Paul. Msgr. Slawomir Oder, who is leading the church investigation that will decide whether John Paul should be declared a saint, told a Rome news conference on Tuesday that the pope, who died in 2005, used self-mortification "both to affirm the primacy ...
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