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If Pope Maledict has his way, the Roman pantheon will soon have one more minor deity. As we all know, the concept of "sainthood" in papistry has nothing to do with the concept of saints as taught in Scripture.
From the JYT:
Now why would Pope Benzedrine think that his predecessor deserves special veneration as a miracle-worker?
Never mind. I understand now.
From the JYT:
Pope John Paul II to Be Beatified May 1
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI moved his beloved predecessor one step closer to sainthood on Friday, confirming a miracle by John Paul II and setting May 1, the first Sunday after Easter, as the date of his beatification.
Sainthood would follow after the confirmation of one more miracle.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI moved his beloved predecessor one step closer to sainthood on Friday, confirming a miracle by John Paul II and setting May 1, the first Sunday after Easter, as the date of his beatification.
Sainthood would follow after the confirmation of one more miracle.
Wildly popular, John Paul was seen as a man of his time, a Pole who marshaled the Catholic Church’s energies to help end the cold war. But he was also criticized for how he handled a sex abuse crisis that burgeoned in the United States as early as the 1980s.