Sainthood Cause Opened for +John Paul the Great
Fittingly, 40 full days of Orthodox Christian mourning have now elapsed since his promotion to Glory. READ: "Life After Death - A description of the first 40 days after death" by St. John Maximovitch.
Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, remarked that Pope John Paul II dispensed with two years of the five-year waiting period for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, while Pope Benedict XVI today dispensed of the entire waiting period in the case of his predecessor.
I still think that this Pope will bypass the time-honored process of researching a candidate's life, having it judged by cardinals, bishops and theologians and expedite him to Sainthood right away. Acclamation from the Faithful (as in the canonization of our Mission Apostolate patron, St. Anthony of Padua, a year after his death) will cause that same Church recognition.
Now two verified miracles need to be attributed to his intercession. Already: 1.) An American Jew cured of a brain tumor just hours after attending Mass in 1998 with Pope John Paul II. 2.) A Mexican boy stricken with leukemia (who released the doves) who recovered in 1990 after a Papal kiss. 3.) Francesco Cardinal Marchisano who regained his ability to speak after Pope John Paul II touched his throat following surgery, etc., etc... However, more such miracles must now come AFTER his death to be credited to his cause.
This morning, Pope Benedict also named the Archbishop of San Francisco, +William Joseph Levada, as the new Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith which His Holiness previously shepherded for more than 20 years. Archbishop Levada, a theologian, worked with then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger at the congregation from 1976 to 1982. He's the perfect street priest for the job having walked his Los Angeles beat for five years.
2 Comments:
I came here by the "next blog" button but I find your blog really interesting. However I must say that St. Anthony of Padua is incorrect... He was St. António of Lisbon where he was born. I'm just a portuguese claiming what is "ours"!
Rui
I can't imagine anything more asinine than canonising the previous Pope. personally, I found nothing 'saintly' about him. He was an ecumenist and syncretist of the highest order. He was NO saint!!
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