Is it a miracle that Colwich man survived? (Vatican investigating)

[proteus_lives]

An interesting story, apparently the Vatican is investigating it as a possible miracle.

"People in Colwich like to touch Chase Kear's arm or his shoulder with their fingers. Or they hug him. "Miracle Man," they say. "Let me touch the miracle." With anybody else in Colwich, this would be just talk. But it's not just talk to the Vatican."

"Prompted in part by what the Kear family has said publicly, and partly by a preliminary investigation begun by the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, a Vatican investigator named Andrea Ambrosi will arrive from Italy in Wichita on Friday.

He will investigate on behalf of the church in Rome whether 20-year-old Chase Kear's survival qualifies as a miracle; whether he survived a severe head injury last year in part because his family and hundreds of friends successfully prayed thousands of prayers to the soul of Father Emil Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain from Pilsen, Kan., who died a hero in the Korean War."

http://www.kansas.com/news/story/861812.html


Miracle or not, the recovery of Chase Kear is indeed amazing. I hope he has a long and happy life.

More info on Father Kapaun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun (Where have all the religious people like him gone?)

[KittyWampus]

1. interesting topic, actually. too tired to read right now. tagged for later

[DavidDvorkin]

2. What an embarrassment this sort of nonsense is for a supposedly civilized country.

[chollybocker]

3. "Miracle or not..."

NOT.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. +1

Even the idea of it is embarrassing.

[ThirdWorldJohn]

5. Any number of soldiers with brain injuries miracle recovery who served in Iraq Afghanistan too. n/t

[MichaelHarris]

6. I'm going with

medical team over dead priest for 50 Alex.

[donco6]

7. Tough luck for all the other head injury folks, though.

Guess they all prayed to the wrong saint. Better luck next time!

[deek]

8. kick for best reply (eom)

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[bertman]

9. More miracles. More saints. More converts. Marketing.