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Vatican’s secret, and deadly, project to preserve its saints
New York Post ^
| 03/22/2014
| Theresa Potenza
Posted on 03/23/2014 7:49:27 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
The Catholic belief of incorruptibility holds that if a body does not decay after death, the person is holy. It takes two miracles to become a saint; the Church once allowed a perfect corpse to count as one.
Incorruptibility is no longer a miracle, however, perhaps because so many tried to help God along. Oil and herbs were inserted into the muscle cavities of some older popes, for instance.
When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, the Vatican used a wrapping technique similar to what was believed to have been applied to Jesus. It failed miserably. Only days after his death, his nose fell off, and a Swiss Guard fainted due to the stench while he was guarding the body.
[SNIP]
In 2000, Pope John Paul II had [Pope John XXIII] exhumed to be declared blessed, part of the progression to sainthood. The airtight coffin had left him virtually undisturbed, and the embalming team wanted to keep it that way.
After the popes internal organs were removed and analyzed, the body was placed in a stainless-steel tub for several weeks in a solution of formalin and alcohol, then neutralized for several weeks.
His body then undertook a series of baths in assorted solutions for months at a time, including various mixtures of ethanol, methanol, phenol, camphor, nitrobenzene, turpentine and benzoic acid.
Finally the body was bandaged in linen cloths saturated with a solution of mercury bichloride and ethanol. Then a second team ensconced him with wax on his face and hands. The entire process took about a year.
The Church decided not to rebury Pope John XXIII, instead putting him on display for pilgrims. More than 25,000 people visit St. Peters Basilica every day, and many faithful still believe the incorrupt state of his body is a miracle.
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TOPICS: Catholic; History; Ministry/Outreach; Worship
KEYWORDS: catholic; incorruptibility; moacb; relics
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To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
03/26/2014 5:51:28 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Alex Murphy
162
posted on
03/26/2014 5:53:53 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Bulwyf
Hit the link from EWTN. It was a priest. The piece was a Fatima devotion.
163
posted on
03/26/2014 8:27:07 PM PDT
by
redleghunter
(But let your word 'yes be 'yes,' and your 'no be 'no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I have to say you took that one in stride. Not bad.
164
posted on
03/26/2014 8:28:45 PM PDT
by
redleghunter
(But let your word 'yes be 'yes,' and your 'no be 'no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I asked earlier no response from three posters. What is your rake on the dismemberment of ST. Teresa so more churches could claim relics (body parts)?
165
posted on
03/26/2014 8:30:42 PM PDT
by
redleghunter
(But let your word 'yes be 'yes,' and your 'no be 'no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.)
To: editor-surveyor
166
posted on
03/26/2014 8:32:18 PM PDT
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
And the tunnel between your ears?
167
posted on
03/27/2014 10:39:52 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
That is some truly Satanic vomit at that site.
168
posted on
03/27/2014 10:41:13 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: editor-surveyor
169
posted on
03/27/2014 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
To: metmom
170
posted on
03/27/2014 3:07:59 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: All
There was an ecumenical thread earlier today on this same topic - what happened to it?
171
posted on
06/28/2014 9:21:08 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
172
posted on
06/28/2014 10:49:06 PM PDT
by
bonfire
To: redleghunter
you just HAD to go there didn’t ya? Now I’ll be awake ALL night..........ackkkkkk
173
posted on
06/28/2014 11:25:54 PM PDT
by
bonfire
To: daniel1212
dem bones dem bones dem DRY bones........
174
posted on
06/28/2014 11:38:57 PM PDT
by
bonfire
To: daniel1212; GGpaX4DumpedTea; Alex Murphy; Elsie; metmom; boatbums; redleghunter
Built in 1776, the Skull Chapel in Czermna, Poland, was the bizarre brainchild of parish priest Wacław Tomaszek, who saw to it that the bones of 3,000 people came to line the walls of the small baroque church.They musta been too baroque to bury them all...
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posted on
06/29/2014 12:07:49 AM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: Alex Murphy
Deception and naivety.
An organization that deliberately deceives people is NOT the body of Christ on the earth.
176
posted on
06/29/2014 3:38:27 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: fidelis; WXRGina
We are told in John's Gospel that Lazarus was in the grave for 4 days, at which time there would have been "a stench". However, Jesus managed to restore not only his life, but reversed the decaying process that had already taken place. I don't see God being limited in any way, do you? Lazarus as raised from the dead. It was not a matter of a dead body that did not decay. He was brought back to life.
Not the same thing at all as what Catholicism is pushing.
177
posted on
06/29/2014 3:41:38 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: Alex Murphy
The Catholic belief of incorruptibility holds that if a body does not decay after death, the person is holy. It takes two miracles to become a saint; the Church once allowed a perfect corpse to count as one. And ALL of this is backed up by Scripture!!!
178
posted on
06/29/2014 5:10:53 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Alex Murphy
Off with his fingers!!!
179
posted on
06/29/2014 5:11:27 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Alex Murphy; metmom
Wonder what the take was from all these pilgrims wanting to take a peek at Johnny? 5 Euros a head?
180
posted on
06/29/2014 5:12:31 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is room for all of God's animals. Right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.)
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