Who Deserves Credit for the Berlin Wall's Fall?
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:32 PM
Taking a look at the vast majority of stories commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, there’s one pivotal person missing from the majority of the mainstream coverage: Pope John Paul II.
Is this lack of inclusion an accidental oversight or an intentional act? If the previous Pontiff played no key role worth remembering, then why did the KGB want him dead?
There’s... 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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