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ROME, Italy — A former head of the Vatican’s congregation on saints’ causes said Pope Benedict XVI could beatify his predecessors Pope John Paul I and Pope Paul VI during the upcoming Year of Faith.
Although the process beatification is “generally very complex, in this case, the phases have been moving ahead,” Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, told Italian newspaper Corriere delle Alpi June 25.
After the beatification of John Paul II in May of 2011, Pope Benedict’s possible beatifications of John Paul I and Paul VI would be the first time in history that a Pope has beatified three of his predecessors.
Pope Benedict’s Year of Faith is slated to begin on Oct. 11 and will serve to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.
On July 6, Msgr. Enrico Dal Covolo — the postulator of the cause for Servant of God John Paul I’s beatification — said documents for the late pope have been completed and will be delivered to Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.
Msgr. Dal Covolo, who is also rector of the Lateran Pontifical University in Rome, said the positio (document) is divided into two volumes. The first focuses on the heroic virtues of the pontiff, and the second is an account of his life.
Although it is not yet official, the miracle that could lead to John Paul I’s beatification is the healing of Giuseppe Denora, an Italian man who was cured of a severe gastric tumor after praying to the late Pope.
The miracle attributed to the Servant of God Paul VI — who made Joseph Ratzinger a cardinal — is the healing of a baby inside its mother’s womb.
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There is no way Paul VI can ever be beatified. He had numerous problems during his pontificate. There was the collapse in faith in the Church and the destruction of the Roman rite with the Liturgical revolution that brought about his controversial missal.
How wonderful that after such a short pontificate, John Paul I is still serving God today by interceding for his Church.
I am glad to hear that the process for John Paul I could be coming soon because his miracle happened in 1992, and I was hearing just a few years ago about how the process was going. I was surprised to hear about Pope Paul’s cause because I thought his cause was stopped by the Curia for “management issues” but as we all know these kind of governance issues did not have any kind of impact on John Paul the Seconds cause which to me were more serious (like the sex-abuse and the Legion Of Christ just to name a few), but if Paul was able to work a miracle and it was genuine than he must be beatified too. Now if only they would pick a day and officially declare Pius XII to be up for beatification, that would really be a great thing in my view because he was the Angelic Shepherd.
Paul VI’s beatification is due to his own personal sanctity, not to his governance of the Church. Otherwise why would St Celestine been canonized? He quit the papacy.
Paul was a holy man. Just like Puus XII or JP I
@Seraph: What exactly does that have to do with him never being beatified? And do you refer to the Church not beatifying him, or God not beatifying him?
Pope Paul does indeed deserve to be made a saint because he started things the popes who followed him did. He started the travels the meetings with others outside the Church and he published the “Credo of the People of God” one month before releasing “Of Human Life” As far as the state of the Church after the Council while he could be blamed for some of it, he cannot be blamed for ALL of it. That idea is too simplistic. He had to contend with progressives on one side and the extreme traditionalists on the other. The New Mass was the fault of Pope Pius XII who put the Bishop in created the new liturgy in the late 1040’s and Paul must have trusted his judgement. Besides it was now Blessed John Paul II who opened his cause in 1993 and said he (Paul) should be called the “Great” not himself.
From the Catholic Encyclopedia,
“Benedict XIV, whose chapters on heroic virtue are classical, thus describes heroicity: ‘In order to be heroic a Christian virtue must enable its owner to perform virtuous actions with uncommon promptitude, ease, and pleasure, from supernatural motives and without human reasoning, with self-abnegation and full control over his natural inclinations.’”
Let’s take one virtue… prudence. How in their right mind could they think that Paul VI practiced such a virtue, let alone heroically!?
Let’s be honest - what’s motivating this is politics more than a anything else.
Let’s canonize all the Popes since the council. And they should all be dubbed “the Great” as well. Why not? Next up, Pope Benedict XVI.
When’s the last Pope who was canonized? The sixteenth century? We need to get with the “spirit of the council” and canonize them all going forward, especially if they cheerlead for the council. That’s the ticket.
Paul VI beatified? How did we come to the point where the masses elevate fools into heroes and saints?
Yikes. Another strange move from a Vatican at the end of its tether.
Seraph, true about Paul VI but even more true about JPII. Hell took over the publicly recognizable Church on his watch and with his every aid. No one furthered the cause of Paganism, Pantheism, Protestantism and even Communism than JPII, yet our current pope falsely beatified him through the shadowy cover provided by the elimination of all the failsafe measures put in place centuries ago to prevent such an error. And who removed all these safeguards? Why JPII himself. Hmmm. Maybe he was psychic.
What about Pius XI and Pius XII? Especially Pius XII. AND Leo XIII. All three defended and advanced the Faith far more than JPI, JPII, or Paul VI!
PAUL VI nEVER He was an enabler for the rot of the moderist who help destory the faith.
According to Msgr (actually Bishop!) Dal Covolo, John Paul I’s Positio will be turned in to the Congregation on October 17 - not coincidentally, his 100th birthday. Here’s more:
http://subcreators.com/blog/2012/07/01/another-step-in-john-paul-is-cause/
There is also more about our conference on JPI in New York in October
Since we are on this mad course, how about beatifying Satan?
This is scandalous and shocking. Paul VI helped destroy Catholic traditions; he turned a blind eye to the destruction of the Mass
and he essentially approved the creation of the Novus Ordo Protestant-Catholic hybrid Mass. Paul VI was a weak leader. He did not stand up to the bishops. Under his watch the Church slowly slid into its present day Nuclear Winter. Elevating him to the ranks of sainthood is sheer lunacy. Perhaps it is time to go over to the Orthodox Church.
@ JudeThom. You are absolutely right. Might as well beatify Satan.
And so the list of is complete and the fascade of “Saintly” Popes fruit of Vatican II and created Vatican II shall be complete. All we need now is Pope Benedict successor to beatify him after he dies to continue the trend.
Modernism’s message—ALL OUR POPES SHALL BE SAINTS !!!!!
Never in the Church’s history since the ROman Persecutions have successive Popes been beatified or Cannonized. Those of the Early Church with true cause. Vatican II Modernists—no cause for it at all.
Now, I am certain of it. The modern Catholic Church is diabolic. All the popes since Vatican II are saints??? Of course they are. Just like all people will go to heaven regardless of what they believe or what they do. It explains now why JPII found it necessary to do away with the Devil’s Advocate, doesn’t it? Lord, please come quickly before more souls are lost!!!
Next up for beatification is Lucifer.
With JPII now a blessed,why not Alex VI? Or Winny the Po? The Church could also enjoin the necessity of Teilhard of Chardin being voted Pope in absentia, can they not? The Novus Ordo Church and the clowns that now call themselves bishops have disposed of all things Catholic and in its place give us sour milk instead of fresh meat. Dante had it right with the halls of Hell lined with skulls of bishops.
Pius X was the last Pope to be canonized before that it was 500 years ago and it was Pius V. I do agree that it seems strange that some popes are singled out for Sainthood while others are not. I also believe that Leo XIII should have been beatified as well as Benedict the Fifteenth and why not Pius XI as well. God bless Pius IX but under the old rule of “Devil’s Advocate” he would NOT have been beatified because he was an anti-Semite who took a Jewish boy away from his parents and raised him as a Christian and also I believe that John Paul II would not qualify under the old rules (because of serious governance issues) among other things. They only look for the Positive but I still say that at least Paul VI and John Paul I and Pius XII were not aware of the Sex-Abuse scandals which was John Paul II’s biggest failures and he should NOT have been beatified before any of the previous Popes like Pius XI. They need to go back I think to the old “Devil’s Advocate Rules” to appear to be balanced and fair because the same has happened with Mother Teresa and even John Hardon on the serious issue of clerical Sex-Abuse.
It surprises me that the anti-Vatican II set seems poised to reject any canonization. Hasn’t the Church historically taught - and this would be from way, way before Vatican II - that anyone not accepting the Church’s judgment on canonization, or denying that someone canonized as a saint is, in fact,a saint, is, himself, anathema?
It seems to me that most of the commentors forget that the real ruller of the Curch is the Holy Spirit and HE will direct the church in these matters. As I see it most of these commentors are saying a lot of non-sense because they haven’t asked for direction from the Holy Spirit to see what the folks who are handling the causes see. These folks seem to me to be very selfish and closed minded. They need to ask the Holy Spirit to show them what He (the Holy Spirit)has in mind for the people they are dissing. Remember God will reward you as you reward others. Dissing someone comes to mind. Praise be Jesus Christ and direction from the Holy Spirit.
Jim K, there is endless proof of why they are not worthy. Read, “Animus Delendi-1, Desire to Destroy”, by Atila Sinke Guimaraes. They’ve contributed to the destruction of the Catholic Faith.
I dont know why John Paul 1 would be beatified.He was only pope for a month.Paul v1 Im not sure.But it wasnt so much vat 2,read the 16 documents yourselves they are online,It was the fact that liberal modernists heretics like Karl Rahner and Hans Kung,etc etc infiltrated the church and tried to water down doctrines like Hell,Jesus only way to heaven etcPaul v1 had alot of courage to put forth “humanatie Vita”,And the Norvus Ordo IS valid.If its not then the gates of hell have prevailed against the church for 50 years,and theres no way God would deprive millions of devout catholics the sacraments over the last 50 years,thats absurd.Paul V1 reigned over a very turbulent time and perhaps he did the best he could
Harry Reyhingl you said,”And the Norvus Ordo IS valid.”
Than why so many contradictions to what has been handed on?
Can you connect religious liberty, ecumenism, communion to protestants, sex education in parochial schools, Our Blessed Mother/Mother of God relgated to the closet, the Church ‘subsists in’, universal salvation, ....... to Sacred Tradition. You can’t stand on what merely makes sense to you.
Do you think the people in the major exodus out of the Church uninformed, uncatechized or what? Is the demise of the numbers of presbyters, religious, schools and Catholic Churches not connected to the humongous amounts of “changes” since Vatican II?
WHERE in the bible does it say that when humans die they intercede for humans on earth? care to answer that with scripture catholicks instead of what “the church” tells you???
kevveg - the Catholic Church gave you the canon of books that makes up the bible. The Church Christ instituted was given the infallible Holy Spirit to remind and safeguard all that Christ personally taught His Apostles. Faith and doctrine is rooted during that time and handed on, called Sacred Tradition. Anything new is not true. I can understand your confusion because of the new concepts and deviations from the Catholic faith since the Vatican II Council.
kevveg - I’ve attempted to answer your question respectfully, but moderator considered my response as spam. Hopefully moderator will reconsider. You’ve asked a powerful question.
kevveg - A better question for you to ask is where in Sacred Scripture was Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apstolic Church given the authority to interpret these writings from Genesis to Apocalypse (and those writings not included in the canon of books).
.kevveg - A better question for you to ask is where in Sacred Scripture was Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apstolic Church given the authority to interpret these writings from Genesis to Apocalypse (and those writings not included in the canon of books).
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