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To: netmilsmom
Me:Only those approved by you?

You:Where did I ever say that?

Here's what you said:

"So yes, when JPII is made a saint, I will (as will many others) doubt the process. We do now".

I interpret this to mean that if JPII is canonized you will not accept it. Am I wrong?

If the current (or a future) Pope signs a Papal Decree to the effect that JPII is now St. JPII and you don't accept it, that means that the last word on JPII's sanctity rests not with the Sacred Congregation and Pope but with you. Right?

So I repeat my question. If JPII's process is flawed, then who else has been mistakenly canonized? If the process is flawed then a major and very important function of the Church has been compromised. This is not a trivial question. If the Church can not reliably tell us who is and who is not a saint, then what can it tell us? If the Church is placing before us, as worthy of our imitation, men and women who in fact do not rise to that standard, then the whole of the Church's credibility is called into question.

You are making an extremely serious allegation.

21 posted on 11/17/2009 7:15:03 PM PST by marshmallow ("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
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To: marshmallow; netmilsmom

“You are making an extremely serious allegation”

I think not just one allegation, but a number of them.

I find this very disturbing.

I also believe the comments about Pope John Paul II neither prudent nor wise.


22 posted on 11/17/2009 9:29:58 PM PST by Running On Empty ((The three sorriest words:"It's too late"))
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To: marshmallow

Your interpretation of my words is wrong.
Doubt is not denial. Ever hear of “The Dark Night of the Soul?”

However, interpreting my doubt as “Approved only by you.” IS mind reading and not allowed on the religion forum.


23 posted on 11/18/2009 4:13:23 AM PST by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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