Benedict XVI declares John Paul II venerable at the Vatican

Pope Benedict XVI dream has come true: To name Pope John Paul II venerable. This step in the road to sainthood, means the late pontiff will be beatified in a matter of months, some speculate by October 2010.

When the Pope gives a candidate to the altars, the title "venerable" that means he recognizes that they lived the Christian virtues as heroes.

To beatify a candidate, the commission of cardinals and Vatican theologians must certify that God has performed a miracle through his intercession.

In the case of John Paul II, just two months after his death, several medical teams have classified the cure of a French nun with Parkinson's, as scientifically inexplicable. The nun says, with much difficulty, she wrote John Paul II name on a piece of paper and a couple of hours later she was 100% cured.

To name venerable John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI analyzed the documentation collected during the last 5 years by the postulator of the Cause of beatification, Father Slawomir Oder. Thousands of pages with specific facts and that show what many proclaimed the day of his funeral: that John Paul was a saint.

John Paul II road to sainthood, is perhaps one of the shortest on record. It started just one month after he died.

And lasted only 5 years. The traditional road to sainthood usually takes 10 times as long.

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[wayneleon100]

JOHN PAUL THE GREAT!!  SAINTHOOD NOW!!

[IAmBiggestFan]

JPII the Great

a Great Saint

[44BigBoii]

You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me "Exodus 20:3-5" Mary is not God to have power she was human and a human is a sinner

[RedaSkateboard]

rape

[urlady21]

ooh. i loved the Pope's sweater. xD

[urlady21]

SANTO SUBITO!!!!!

[Jc7servingdisasbled]

For 7 years Cardinal Pell left the poor and needy war vets to perish & suffer the oppression of the catholic church & from their harsh nuns in the brown & brigidine failing to give medical fees they owe the poor leaving them neglected. Cardinal breaks his agreements him & his CEO & priests promise war familes he would care for them if they gave his church massive money. The church robbed the poor war vets with disability failing to honor their own agreement they are cruel & dishonest

[Jc7servingdisasbled]

Cardin Pell NSW archbishop fails to give communion to the poor and needy he has a preist SantiAGO at St Mary's church eastern suburbs and this priest got a new $50,000 sports car to drive around in it to help the rich people, and he would not take communion of Jesus Christ to the poora & sick people. church robs the poor

[Jc7servingdisasbled]

Pope must change his practises with Cardinal Pell he also employs priest Santiago at St Mary's church to drive in $50,000 car taking the money from the poor and needy to feed the priests with wealth & riches & lavish lifestyles while he keeps the poor in bondage and starves them to death

[Jc7servingdisasbled]

@alexander51525

Jesus never mistreated the poor and needy but the Cardinal Pell & brown nuns in Sydney Australia do with harsh bad treatement and child abuse.Dear Pope, have you heard about the Cardinal Pell's abuse to the poor and needy world war II vets & their children in Sydney Australia, he failed to speak up against the inhuman Minister for Housing Prue Goward & Mr Allen forcing disease sewerage stench on the poor & their prison them to perish without giving access out