Lissabon (kath.net/KNA) The Emeritus Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins expects the canonization of John Paul II. (1978-2005) this year still. The former Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints explained to the Lisbon boulevard magazine der "Correio da Manha" (Tuesday), that there is no certainty in these things. It is however "probable" that Pope Wojtyla will be canonized in October.
Martins explained that it is the 35th year since the beginning of the Pontificate of
Johannes Paul II. The Polish Pope was elected the head of the Catholic Church on the 16th of October 1978. The test of the alleged miracle to validate John Paul II which began a few days after his beatification in May of 2011 is in it's end phase according to the Cardinal. Some doctors have already stated that there is no scientific explanation for the for the unexplained healing of the healing of sick people.
Martins did not give further details about the miraculous healings. The Congregatio for Canonization and Beatification have on hand hundreds of reports of alleged miracles by the intercession of John Paul II. The recognition of a miracle is a preparation for a canonization. It must happen after his beatification on the 1st of May 2011.
Since the end of December it has been speculated about that the Wojtyla-Pope will be canonized in the next October. His 26 year Pontificate was the second longest in the history of the Church, whose beatification was the shortest of modern Church history. The healing of a French Nun of Parkinson’s had been recognized as a miracle in June of 2005.
The canonization is the solemn declaration of the Pope over the exemplary Christian life of a person and about his ultimate acceptance by God. After the canonization in the course of a Liturgy, the person concerned may be honored worldwide.
An Italian song about Pope John Paul II., “A man, who came from afar."
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Canonization of John Paul II in October of 2013?
Warsaw (kath.net/KNA) In Poland there is speculation about a coming canonization of Pope John Paul II (1978-2005). The Polish Catholic News Agency KAI reported on a possible date in October of 2013 this Thursday. The source for the unconfirmed information is not named.In order for the canonization to come, Pope Benedict XVI. must recognize another intercession, it says. It must follow after the beatification of 1 May 2011. On the 16th of October 2013 will be the 35th anniversary of Karol Wojtyla's election as head of the Catholic Church.
Professor Dariusz Kowalczyk of the Papal University of the Gregorian in Rome has told Polish broadcaster TVP, that it is "very probable" that the canonization will take place in October for the conclusion of the "Year of Faith". The broadcaster speculates on the date of 20 October 2013. In Poland, there is great eagerness for a quick canonization of Pope John Paul II. Initially, the country's media had expected it for 2015 at the earliest.
The canonization process of John Paul II has been the shortest of modern Church history. The Vatican is testing currently several reports of unexplained healings, which are attributed to the intercession of John Paul II. The postulator of the canonization, Slawomir Oder, said in May that in three of the four cases had first attempted medicinal examination. Preliminary to the beatification process, the healing of a French nun in June of 2005 was recognized as a miracle.
The canonization is a solemn declaration by the Pope about the exemplary Christian life of a person and over his final acceptance by God. After the canonization, which will be completed during a solemn liturgy, the person concerned will be honored worldwide.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Vatican Sends Anti-Communist Message with Canonizations
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By Hilary White
ROME, December 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Vatican has sent the world a message of Catholicism's fundamental opposition to communism with the announcement this weekend from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Three of the greatest twentieth century opponents to the communist and socialist ideologies, Pope John Paul II, Pope Pius XII and the Polish Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko, all moved a step closer to canonisation. The two popes were declared "venerable" for their heroic virtues and the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI had approved the decree of beatification for Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko, the "Solidarity chaplain" murdered by the communist secret police.
In his lengthy biography, "Witness to Hope", American author George Weigel credits Pope John Paul with instrumental behind-the-scenes work in bringing down the communist regime in Eastern Europe. According to Weigel, John Paul, a Polish nationalist, was the third leg of an international triumvirate of world leaders - with US President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - who gave moral authority to the economic and political pressure that finally led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Following the shooting of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Piazza in May 1981, it was widely speculated that the assassination attempt had been ordered by Moscow in retaliation for the pope's support for the Polish Solidarity movement. In March 2006 an Italian parliamentary commission concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt that the leaders of the Soviet Union took the initiative to eliminate the pope Karol Wojtyla."
Pius XII, from the beginning of his pontificate in 1939 to his death in 1958, was implacably opposed to communism which was brutally persecuting Catholics throughout Eastern Europe. In July 1949, he formally excommunicated all members of the communist party and anyone who aided or abetted it. He forbade Catholics, on pain of excommunication, to write, publish, distribute or read books, periodicals, paper or pamphlets promoting communist doctrines. His 1951 letter to the Catholic Church of Czechoslovakia denounced the Communist regime for its vicious persecution.
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By Hilary White
ROME, December 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Vatican has sent the world a message of Catholicism's fundamental opposition to communism with the announcement this weekend from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Three of the greatest twentieth century opponents to the communist and socialist ideologies, Pope John Paul II, Pope Pius XII and the Polish Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko, all moved a step closer to canonisation. The two popes were declared "venerable" for their heroic virtues and the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI had approved the decree of beatification for Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko, the "Solidarity chaplain" murdered by the communist secret police.
In his lengthy biography, "Witness to Hope", American author George Weigel credits Pope John Paul with instrumental behind-the-scenes work in bringing down the communist regime in Eastern Europe. According to Weigel, John Paul, a Polish nationalist, was the third leg of an international triumvirate of world leaders - with US President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - who gave moral authority to the economic and political pressure that finally led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Following the shooting of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Piazza in May 1981, it was widely speculated that the assassination attempt had been ordered by Moscow in retaliation for the pope's support for the Polish Solidarity movement. In March 2006 an Italian parliamentary commission concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt that the leaders of the Soviet Union took the initiative to eliminate the pope Karol Wojtyla."
Pius XII, from the beginning of his pontificate in 1939 to his death in 1958, was implacably opposed to communism which was brutally persecuting Catholics throughout Eastern Europe. In July 1949, he formally excommunicated all members of the communist party and anyone who aided or abetted it. He forbade Catholics, on pain of excommunication, to write, publish, distribute or read books, periodicals, paper or pamphlets promoting communist doctrines. His 1951 letter to the Catholic Church of Czechoslovakia denounced the Communist regime for its vicious persecution.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Holy Father on Saint Inflation
Benedict applies a gentle brake to saint-making
DESMOND O'GRADY, ROME
December 21, 2009
Mary MacKillop's canonisation will take place under Pope Benedict XVI's policy of restoring solemnity to canonisations.
His approach differs from that of his predecessor, John Paul II, who tended to cancel the distinction between beatification, in which a person's accession to heaven and ability to intercede for others is recognised, and canonisation, in which one becomes a saint.
He believed that as many nations as possible should have their saints, to correct the impression that heaven is populated by Italians, and that they should be as contemporary as possible.
He also believed that lay people and married couples should be canonised to balance the shoals of saints from religious orders.
The result was that he beatified and canonised more people than all his predecessors of the previous four centuries. Joseph Ratzinger, before becoming Benedict XVI, complained publicly that the inflation of saints was devaluing the currency.
John Paul II held many of the ceremonies in St Peter's, but Benedict XVI has encouraged beatifications at local level by bishops of the place where the person died rather than holding them in Rome.
For beatification, one cure for which no scientific explanation can be found is needed, but for canonisation the requirement is a second miracle which must occur after the beatification.
It did not seem a great difference to John Paul II but Benedict XVI has a different perspective.
He has the more traditional view that beatification is a papal concession to allow veneration of the beatified at the local level but that canonisation involves full papal authority in endorsing veneration throughout the church universal.
When Benedict XVI visits Britain early next year he is expected to beatify the 19th-century convert from Anglicanism John Henry Newman, an eloquent defender of the rights of conscience who is much admired by Benedict XVI.
Some candidates are blocked in the saint-recognition process for decades while evidence is gathered or miracles are awaited.
It is exactly a century since the archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Moran, left Mary MacKillop's deathbed expressing the conviction she was a saint.
Evidence began to be gathered in Sydney in 1925 but the case only reached Rome in 1973.
In contrast, 17th-century reformer Pope Innocent XI was on hold for 267 years. He was beatified in 1956.
Source: http://pascendi2.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4091311
DESMOND O'GRADY, ROME
December 21, 2009
Mary MacKillop's canonisation will take place under Pope Benedict XVI's policy of restoring solemnity to canonisations.
His approach differs from that of his predecessor, John Paul II, who tended to cancel the distinction between beatification, in which a person's accession to heaven and ability to intercede for others is recognised, and canonisation, in which one becomes a saint.
He believed that as many nations as possible should have their saints, to correct the impression that heaven is populated by Italians, and that they should be as contemporary as possible.
He also believed that lay people and married couples should be canonised to balance the shoals of saints from religious orders.
The result was that he beatified and canonised more people than all his predecessors of the previous four centuries. Joseph Ratzinger, before becoming Benedict XVI, complained publicly that the inflation of saints was devaluing the currency.
John Paul II held many of the ceremonies in St Peter's, but Benedict XVI has encouraged beatifications at local level by bishops of the place where the person died rather than holding them in Rome.
For beatification, one cure for which no scientific explanation can be found is needed, but for canonisation the requirement is a second miracle which must occur after the beatification.
It did not seem a great difference to John Paul II but Benedict XVI has a different perspective.
He has the more traditional view that beatification is a papal concession to allow veneration of the beatified at the local level but that canonisation involves full papal authority in endorsing veneration throughout the church universal.
When Benedict XVI visits Britain early next year he is expected to beatify the 19th-century convert from Anglicanism John Henry Newman, an eloquent defender of the rights of conscience who is much admired by Benedict XVI.
Some candidates are blocked in the saint-recognition process for decades while evidence is gathered or miracles are awaited.
It is exactly a century since the archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Moran, left Mary MacKillop's deathbed expressing the conviction she was a saint.
Evidence began to be gathered in Sydney in 1925 but the case only reached Rome in 1973.
In contrast, 17th-century reformer Pope Innocent XI was on hold for 267 years. He was beatified in 1956.
Source: http://pascendi2.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4091311
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