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Pope Benedict Set to Beatify John Paul II

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 02:44 PM

"By: VATICAN CITY, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Former Pope John Paul II will move a step closer to sainthood this week when his successor Pope Benedict approves the case for his beatification, Vatican sources said on Wednesday. In "a few days" the Vatican's Prefect for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, is expected present Benedict with the evidence that John Paul performed a miracle and should be beatified, one source said. At that point Benedict is expected to approve the recommendation and set a date for the ceremony less than six years after the death of the Polish pontiff. One miracle is needed for beatification, while two are required for sainthood. On Tuesday a Vatican commission of cardinals and bishops, members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, approved medical and theological evidence that John Paul had miraculously cured a nun with Parkinson's disease, paving the way for the beatification request to be presented. The initial phases of a canonisation cause can usually take decades or, in some cases, hundreds of years. However in May 2005, a month after his death, Benedict put John Paul on the fast track by dispensing with Church rules that normally impose a five-year waiting period after a candidate's death before the procedure begins. Crowds at John Paul's funeral on April 8, 2005 chanted "santo subito" ("make him a saint now"). His 27-year papacy, which began in 1978, was one of the most historic and tumultuous of modern times. During his pontificate communism collapsed across eastern Europe, including in his native Poland. John Paul, the first non-Italian pope in 450 years, was seriously wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt. Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a 47-year-old French nun diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, from which Pope John Paul himself suffered, said it inexplicably disappeared two months after his death after she and her fellow nuns prayed to him. "

Comments

[Adrienne]

Pray for his soul, and all deceased priests of all rank.

[Joseph Therese]

well...if the Church says so, so be it, though I think it's a bit fast in my humble opinion

[Margaret O'Connor]

The speed at which this is going through is obscene; particularly when other aspects of his character and work are looked at. I refer to his friendship with Maciel, turning a blind eye to what was happening, and by all accounts preventing the current pope from getting rid of paedophile priests.

[Pat Ryan]

Opm
Blessed Pope John Paul the Great.
Pope Benedict will beatify Pope John Paul II on Sunday 1st May.
At present many Catholics around the world unofficially refer to that wonderful pope as “Pope John Paul the Great”; (as is evidenced by the fact that Google records this title countless times) however; he has never been officially declared “Great” by The Church.
Perhaps if thousands of us were immediately to write a letter or send an email ([email protected]) to Pope Benedict humbly requesting him to use the forthcoming occasion of the beatification of Pope John Paul to refer to him as “Blessed Pope John Paul the Great” it would bring great joy to the heart of millions of people.
All we need to write is:
Dear Holy Father, may I humbly request you to use the forthcoming occasion of the beatification of Pope John Paul II to refer to this wonderful pope in your sermon as Blessed Pope John Paul the Great.

Please write “Pope John Paul” on the top left hand side of your envelope
You can mail your letter to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican City.

Or send your email to [email protected]

[Raymond F. Rice]

let's get him canonized first!!!

[Libert Lewis]

Great to know that Blessed precedes the name of the great Bishop of Rome,here below is an account of that beautiful ceremony....

http://www.abstract-thoughts.com/?p=553