Pope John Paul II: January 2011 Archives

Father Julián Carrón, President of the ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation indicated the Movement's plans to participate in the beatification of Pope John Paul II on May 1. Father Carrón's remarks showed gratitude for the Pontiff's legacy.

Workers at Saint Peter's Basilica have begun their work to move the body of the soon to be beatified Pope John Paul II from the grottoes to the main basilica. He'll be moved to the Chapel of Saint Sebastian where currently Blessed Pope Innocent XI (seen left) is resting (he was beatified by Pope Pius XII on 7 Oct 1956). I guess we're tired of the silver faced Innocent of the 17th century in favor of John Paul II, Pontiff.

In the hours before and after the Holy See's announcement that the famous Pope John Paul II would be beatified on May1st, lists of reasons John Paul matters have shown up. Dan Gilgoff of the Belief Blog at CNN has a list that in my mind is too thin to get excited about. Numbers 1 and 9 on his list, for example, bear neither weight nor content. There's Rome Reports' review of John Paul's astonishing record and how he changed history. John Allen's analysis is worthy of our consideration because of the context Allen frames for us.

Another door to Pope John Paul's beatification happened yesterday in Rome. The cardinals and bishops who are members of the Congregation of Saints have affirmed the veracity of the medical investigations of a miracle of attributed to the Venerable Servant of God Pope John Paul II, and the theological report on the same. Andrea Tornielli writes about the news.

The reports of an approved miracle are surfacing as moving more and more toward a confirmation by the cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints before the dossier is  given to Pope Benedict for his approval. Theologians, physicians and other professionals have been studying a case of French Sister Marie Simon-Pierre who lived with the effects of Parkinson's Disease until June 2005.