Organized Religion Discussion Thread

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12191423


Pope Benedict XVI has formally approved a miracle attributed to his late predecessor, paving the way to John Paul II's beatification on 1 May.

The process of beatification, or declaring the late pontiff to be "blessed", is a crucial step towards making him a saint.


John Paul II died in 2005 after a papacy of nearly 27 years.
The Vatican credits him with the miraculous cure of a nun said to have had Parkinson's Disease.

Church officials believe that the Polish pope, who himself suffered from the condition, interceded for the miraculous cure of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a Frenchwoman in her late forties.

She has said her illness inexplicably disappeared two months after John Paul II's death, after she and her fellow nuns had prayed to him.


Uh....so uhh......lol? IS THERE A COOLDOWN TO the SAINT SPELLS?

So when one dies.....with HOLY POWERS....the only thing you can do is save one person from YOUR OWN RELIGION? WTF, is that the rule?
Clearly, I have to say it outright. Bullshit stories are getting old.