JPII Cause Moves Forward
Posted by Edward Pentin
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:11 AM
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The latest on John Paul II’s beatification process:
According to Andrea Tornielli, Vatican correspondent for Il Giornale, a meeting of theologian consultors was held yesterday morning at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. It was the second such meeting to examine the “positio ” — documents on the testimony of the cause.
The first meeting on May 13, which we reported on here, came... READ MORE
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Newman Beatification Expected
Posted by Edward Pentin
Friday, June 12, 2009 8:46 AM
Portrait of Cardinal Newman. (CNS)
A papal decree announcing the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman is imminent and will most likely be made before the Vatican closes for its summer break in August, the Register has learned.
Last month, the Vatican’s medical board concluded a miracle attributed to Cardinal Newman’s intercession was due to inexplicable causes. Deacon John Sullivan, 70, of Marshfield, Mass., was healed of... READ MORE
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JPII Announcement in 2009?
Posted by Edward Pentin
Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:34 AM
John Paul II at Denver's World Youth Day in 1993. (CNS)
Joaquin Navarro-Valls has said Pope Benedict XVI could announce the beatification of Pope John Paul II as early as this year.
In an interview today with the Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, John Paul II’s former press spokesman added to recent comments from Vatican officials who have said recent events won’t prevent the cause from going forward.
Navarro-Valls said two key “technical”... READ MORE
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John Paul II Cause Hits Snag
Posted by Edward Pentin
Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:32 AM
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A meeting of theological consulters was held at the Vatican May 13 to decide on the process of the beatification of John Paul II.
According to my fellow Vatican journalist the reliable Andrea Tornielli, writing in today’s Il Giornale, the consulters have given a positive opinion on the process, but they were not unanimous. Several parties “raised objections and difficulties,” he says, and... READ MORE
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John Paul’s Cleveland Miracle
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:48 AM
Jory Aebly
Man Survives ‘Non-Survivable’ Gunshot Wound
By DICK RUSS
Register Correspondent
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A doctor called it “miraculous.” The hospital chaplain attributed it to Pope John Paul II. A young man who recovered from an injury which had been described as “non-survivable” had been directly entrusted to the intercession of the late Holy Father
Jory Aebly, 26, was shot in the head... READ MORE
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