The campaign to make Pope John Paul a saint reached a landmark on Monday as promoters offered proof of a purported miracle and a cardinal suggested it should be speeded up because there was no doubt of his sanctity.....
They include documentation on the case of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a 46-year-old French nun diagnosed with Parkinson's -- the same disease that the late Pope had -- until she said it inexplicably disappeared two months after his death.
In May, 2005, Pope Benedict put John Paul on the fast track by dispensing with Church rules that normally impose a five-year waiting period after a candidate's death before the procedure that leads to sainthood can even start.
Uh, miracle perhaps. But connection to John Paul II? There's as much a connection to the AMERICAblog anniversary - the nun was cured two months after our one year anniversary of launch, which was also in April. This is why the Vatican has rules. This is why anyone has rules. To stop unscrupulous rulers and mob mentalities from rushing you into war - I mean, sainthood.
