[MineralMan]

I'm betting they're going to say it's a miracle. The RCC desperately wants to canonize John Paul II. Myself, I'm not big on miracles.

[The Lumster]

I'm not big on miracles.

And I'm not big on idolators

[sean327]

There is already a documented miracle; The work Pres Reagan and Pope John Paul did to bring down the Soviet Union! The fall of the Evil Empire saved countless lives. In my mind this should count for something, but we still have too many commie shills in the Catholic Church for this to be considered.

[DCPatriot]

NO!

[TalonDJ]

Did Pope Perform Miracle After His Death?

I am pretty sure the church does not teach that saints (or potential saints) actually perform the miracles.

[parsifal]

Oh. I thought they meant the poet.

parsy, the man who ain't got no culture.

[RoadTest]

" - - except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."

John 4:48

[stuartcr]

What is the difference between a miracle, and something unexplainable?

[FreedomForce]

What happens if it's declared a miracle then she has a relapse?

[Petronski]

I question the Post's headline. I believe the Church requires a finding of miracle(s) result from the intercession of the one who would be canonized.

Of course the Pope himself did not perform the miracle; and the miracle itself, in any event, comes from God, not the saint.

[TAdams8591]

Most interesting.

[Aliska]

That is very good news, if true, and there is no indication anyone is fabricating the cure. It would be good if a five-year waiting period were observed to be sure there is no relapse, but that is too long, I suppose.

It's disappointing that sometimes you hear of these things, and then you never hear about them again. I can understand the need to protect the nun's privacy, but it hasn't been so hush hush about other recent miracles.

Oh well, it's good new on the face of it. I feel confident being the man he was, he would have done such in life were it in his power. Maybe he did, and we don't know about it. Sometimes things happen with a cause, like being at a papal mass, and then months later a person miraculously gets better, possibly never linking it with the particular circumstances that preceded it, but knowing it came from God.

[Flavius Josephus]

John Paul II, Pray For You!