Pope Francis clears John Paul II for sainthood

[onehandle]

Source: AP



VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle attributed to his intercession and setting up a remarkable dual canonization along with another beloved pope, John XXIII.

In a major demonstration of his papal authority, Francis decided to make John XXIII a saint even though the Vatican hasn't confirmed a second miracle attributed to his intercession. The Vatican said Francis had the power to "dispense" with the normal saint-making procedures to canonize him on his own merit, without a miracle.

The ceremonies are expected before the end of the year. The date of Dec. 8 has been floated as one possibility, given it's the feast of the Immaculate Conception, a major feast day for the church. Polish media continued to report that October was likely, to mark the anniversary of John Paul's election, but Vatican officials have said that's too soon to organize such a massive event.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed that the miracle that brought John Paul to the ranks of sainthood concerned a Costa Rican woman.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Saints: cheaper by the dozen.

Here a saint, there a saint, everywhere a saint.

[Javaman]

8. One of the worst things the church has done recently was...

get rid of the devil advocate.

I'm an Atheist.

[beac]

2. St. Pedophile Enabler.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. DUZY.

[WovenGems]

3. Hmmmm...

Will he be the patron saint of hiding. I mean, he hid the abuse better than anyone.

[UTUSN]

4. John XXIII, "on his own merits" makes him better

The only news reports yesterday ballyhooed JP II as the one being done. The back-handed news this morning included John XXIII.

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Pope John XXIII, who convened the Vatican II council in the 1960s, will also be declared a saint, the Vatican said

No date has been announced for the canonization ceremony.

John XXIII was famed for calling the Second Vatican Council in 1962, which ushered in great changes in the Roman Catholic Church's relationship with the modern world.

He was pope from 1958 to 1963.



Despite being so beloved, John Paul II didn't live up to expectations at a crucial moment in the church's history, as revelations of sexual abuse scandals involving thousands Catholic priests erupted across the world in the early 2000s, critics say.

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[Pab Sungenis]

5. What about John Paul I?

Holier than the three Popes before him and the two after. He deserves canonization.

[hrmjustin]

6. I was born the day he died. Within hours of his death in fact.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

9. When you're that holy you get "taken care of".

When you enable and protect child sexual abuse you get canonized.

[Arugula Latte]

10. Oh, goody. More medieval hocus-pocus nonsense

from the anti-gay, anti-women child rapist protectors.

[forestpath]

11. +1000

[chuckstevens]

12. Don't Forget Pope Pius XII

Not only was Pope Pius a coward, failing to speak out against the Holocaust when he knew it was happening, his Vatican gave Ex Nazis (including the architect of the Death Camps himself, Adolf Eichmann) fake passports to flee to South America after the war! After all, the Nazis were a bulwark against communism. Maybe they should make Pius a saint, along with the man who did nothing while children were being raped. God I have no regrets leaving the Catholic Church!

[Orsino]

13. Hurry it up, willya?

The masses are beginning to doubt the divinity of the stewards of corruption.