Pope John Paul II's ex post facto miracles
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The movement began slowly. Shortly after the pope’s death, tearful worshipers began constructing impromptu shrines, decorated with notes, photographs, mementos, and tributes. Then the title, John Paul the Great, started appearing on hats and in descriptions of the pontiff.
At the solemn funeral yesterday in St. Peter’s Square, the sentiment grew into an insistent demand from worshipers: Santo Subito, Italian for ”saint immediately,” popped up on banners throughout the crowd.
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Sainthood requires miracles. No problem, rewrite history.
In his account of the incident, Dziwisz did not speak of a miracle but of a sign of “the supreme power of God” which surpassed human understanding. La Stampa, however, pointed to the clamour at John Paul II’s funeral Friday for him to be made a saint, and said it could be interpreted as a miracle.
Hey, be the first kid on your block to claim Pope John Paul II performed a miracle on you.
Last week a Mexican teenager claimed the late pope cured his leukemia, and a nun in Colombia has said he cured her of an illness affecting her balance. La Stampa claimed the Vatican had compiled a dossier of reported miracles from around the world.
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