Tuesday, April 12, 2005
JOHN PAUL II MIRACLES
from Yahoo News:
VATICAN CITY - An American Jew cured of a brain tumor after attending Mass with Pope John Paul II. A Mexican boy stricken with leukemia who recovered after a papal kiss. Even a cardinal who regained his ability to speak after John Paul touched his throat.
Italian newspapers have been rife with reports of alleged miracles attributed to Pope John Paul II, fueling speculation he may soon be put on the path to sainthood.
Vatican rules, though, are clear: For a miracle to be considered in the saint-making process, it has to have occurred after John Paul's death. So far, all the reports stem from inexplicable cures that occurred while John Paul was very much alive.
We have a healer in Cleveland who claims to be able to effect cures. If this is grounds for sainthood, perhaps he should be canonized as well. Oh wait, you have to be dead first.
