I can just hear the ultramontanist neocath chorus coming this October:

"Yes, the new decrees approving adulterous remarriage and concubinage and celebration of 'ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ orientations' are a bit surprising, but they cannot be apostasy; after all Francis the Great performed a miracle earlier this year! That proves that this is the will of the God of Surprises! Get with the program you self-absorbed Promethean neo-Pelagians!"

This is actually last weeks news.  I believe there is a story debunking it as a miracle that it happens every year at this time and Francis just arrived at the time that it always happens....


here's another link...

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/03/22/its-a-miracle-vatican-claims-coagulated-blood-of-st-gennaro-liquefies-after-pope-francis-kisses-the-vial/

It’s a Miracle! Vatican Claims Coagulated “Blood” of St. Gennaro Liquefies After Pope Francis Kisses the Vial
March 22, 2015 by Terry Firma 95 Comments
The Catholic network Aleteia is named after the Greek word for truth, so this report must be totally truthful:
 The blood relic of St. Gennaro [a.k.a. Januarius], patron saint of Naples, [yesterday] miraculously liquefied in the presence of Pope Francis, the first time the miracle has occurred in the presence of a pontiff since 1848.
“His blood has half-liquefied,” the Archbishop of Naples, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, said at the conclusion of Pope Francis’ address to diocesan priest and religious in the city’s cathedral. “It’s a sign that St. Gennaro loves the Pope, who is neapolitan like us.”

Half-liquefied? Was it only a half-miracle, then? Not to these folks:
As Cardinal Sepe … announced the miracle, in the adjacent streets people could be heard shouting with neapolitan passion: “It’s a miracle, it’s a miracle!” …
The dried blood of St. Gennaro, which is preserved in two glass phials in the Naples Cathedral, traditionally liquefies three times a year: on the saint’s September 19 feast, which commemorates his martyrdom in the Catholic liturgical calendar; December 16, the date of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1631, which was believed to have been halted through the saint’s intervention; and the Saturday before the first Sunday in May.
Wait — St. Gennaro halted the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius? The one in which up to 6,000 people perished? That’s one helluva redefinition of success!
But if you’re a believer, it’s skeptics who have taken leave of their senses. The 18th-century bishop Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori wrote that the blood miracle was evident to everyone:
The most stupendous miracle, and that which is greatly celebrated in the church, is the liquefying and boiling up of this blessed martyr’s blood whenever the vials are brought in sight of his head. This miracle is renewed many times in the year, in presence of all who desire to witness it; yet some heretics have endeavored to throw a doubt upon its genuineness, by frivolous and incoherent explanations; but no one can deny the effect to be miraculous, unless he be prepared to question the evidence of his senses.”
The Catholic Church could lay all doubts to rest by allowing independent scientists to examine the creepy substance, starting with a chemical analysis to see if it even is blood. But alas:
[The Church] has not allowed independent tests on the phials containing the blood.
Such suspicion-raising reticence has given rise to an obvious conclusion: that the whole thing is just a pious hoax. This is how it could be done:
In 1991 a group of Italian scientists — Luigi Garlaschelli and two colleagues, Franco Ramaccini and Sergio Della Sala — demonstrated that they could simulate the effect with a thixotropic gel, a substance that liquefies when agitated and resolidifies when allowed to stand.
[At] about the same time, two American researchers — forensic analyst John F. Fischer and paranormal investigator Joe Nickell — showed they could reproduce a liquefying and recongealing miracle blood using a colored oil-and-wax mixture. When slightly warmed by heat sources such as nearby candles and body heat, the bogus blood can suddenly liquefy. Nickell and Fischer jokingly attribute their phenomenon to “Saint Februarius.” …
Adding to skeptics’ suspicions, there are some twenty other saints’ bloods that liquefy, virtually every one of them from the Naples area – suggestive of some local secret.
It is, however, true, that Catholicism has the power to severely influence people’s vital fluids; the Church has made my blood boil on plenty of occasions.


Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/03/22/its-a-miracle-vatican-claims-coagulated-blood-of-st-gennaro-liquefies-after-pope-francis-kisses-the-vial/#ixzz3VPELbZeT

 :dancing-banana:

we know that Francis emits significant quantities of hot air

 :roll-laugh1: :roll-laugh1:

Saint Alphonsus Liguori (Victories of the Martyrs, pg. 284) wrote regarding Saint Januarius:

"The Neapolitans honor this saint as the principal patron of their city and nation, and the Lord himself has continued to honor him, by allowing many miracles to be wrought through his intercession, particularly when the frightful eruptions of Mount Vesuvius have threatened the city of Naples with utter destruction. While the relics of St. Januarius were being brought in procession towards this terrific volcano, the torrents of lava and liquid fire which it emitted have ceased, or turned their course from the city. But the most stupendous miracle, and that which is greatly celebrated in the church, is the liquefying and boiling up of this blessed martyr's blood whenever the vials are brought in sight of his head. This miracle is renewed many times in the year, in presence of all who desire to witness it; yet some heretics have endeavored to throw a doubt upon its genuineness, by frivolous and incoherent explanations; but no one can deny the effect to be miraculous, unless he be prepared to question the evidence of his senses."

Maybe the miracle will be that Francis converts to the true faith. Pray for it!

May God have mercy on us and spare us from persecution.

Pope Francis didn't perform any miracles. Only God can do miracles.

I think it's safe to say that it wasn't THROUGH Francis if God did give us a miracle.  The miracle would be that there are still people who believe in the Catholic faith after Francis. That would be God's miracle associated with Francis.

Saint Alphonsus Liguori (Victories of the Martyrs, pg. 284) wrote regarding Saint Januarius:

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"The Neapolitans honor this saint as the principal patron of their city and nation, and the Lord himself has continued to honor him, by allowing many miracles to be wrought through his intercession, particularly when the frightful eruptions of Mount Vesuvius have threatened the city of Naples with utter destruction. While the relics of St. Januarius were being brought in procession towards this terrific volcano, the torrents of lava and liquid fire which it emitted have ceased, or turned their course from the city. But the most stupendous miracle, and that which is greatly celebrated in the church, is the liquefying and boiling up of this blessed martyr's blood whenever the vials are brought in sight of his head. This miracle is renewed many times in the year, in presence of all who desire to witness it; yet some heretics have endeavored to throw a doubt upon its genuineness, by frivolous and incoherent explanations; but no one can deny the effect to be miraculous, unless he be prepared to question the evidence of his senses."

Maybe the miracle will be that Francis converts to the true faith. Pray for it!

This may vary well happen if he turns out to be "the bishop in white" in the Fatima vision. I daily pray for his conversion and the Consecration of Russia.