John Paul II closer to sainthood

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Rome (CNN) -- John Paul II moved closer to sainthood Friday as the Vatican announced he will be beatified later this year.

The beatification ceremony, led by Pope Benedict XVI, will take place on May 1, the first Sunday after Easter, and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of the faithful to St. Peter's Square, the Vatican said.

After that, the late pope will be known as "the Blessed John Paul II."

In order for a candidate to be beatified, one miracle after death must be proven through the scrutiny of medical and theological experts.



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John Paul was credited with the healing of Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, a nun whose order prayed to the pope after he died. She says she was cured of Parkinson's disease, an ailment that also afflicted the pope. The experts looking into her recovery concluded that it was a miracle.

A second miracle would have to be confirmed for him to be officially canonized, or elevated as a saint of the Catholic Church.

The beatification of John Paul is coming very fast in Vatican terms, just under six years after his death.



i would like to know how they prove miracles.

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Born ok 1st time.

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real miracle, yeah right!....she felt better one day after prayer, so it is a miracle.

Too bad her latest diagnosis is still Parkinson's and she is still sick.

Does that mean they 'saint' him and then 'un-saint' him?

HIM - HIM - SAINT HIM!!

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So how does the church "beautify" a dead guy ? Do they dig him up and do some kind of a makeover on his corpse ? Weird....

(Actually, as an ex-Catholic, I'm just being a smartass.)

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So how does the church "beautify" a dead guy ? Do they dig him up and do some kind of a makeover on his corpse ? Weird....

(Actually, as an ex-Catholic, I'm just being a smartass.)

I don't have a dog in this fight but wasn't John Paul the one who said there were too many saints and demoted a bunch of them?

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well shit. a pope who thought there were too many saints?

thats miracle number 2. sainthood for him.

so do every other christian groups hail the popes and saints or just catholics? thats probably where religion starts fading.
1st - people say i dont follow all that vatican crap but i am still a christian
2nd - then people say i dont follow organized religion but i am spritual. i have a one on one relationship with god
3rd - i dont believe in the super natural at all, but santa clause is real

Born ok 1st time.

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well shit. a pope who thought there were too many saints?

thats miracle number 2. sainthood for him.

so do every other christian groups hail the popes and saints or just catholics? thats probably where religion starts fading.
1st - people say i dont follow all that vatican crap but i am still a christian
2nd - then people say i dont follow organized religion but i am spritual. i have a one on one relationship with god
3rd - i dont believe in the super natural at all, but santa clause is real

Hey, I have in front of me a picture of my son in Santa's lap, so the photographic proof is irrefutable.

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He said santa clause, not Santa Claus. It's a standard provision in a contract where you pledge to behave like a saint.

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LOL

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