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Among the inaccuracies above are these:
Two confirmed miracles are usually required under Vatican rules for the declaration of a saint.
Actually, it is traditionally 3 (three) miracles that have been required, but
JPII himself changed that long-held tradition (as well as numerous other
long-held traditions!) to make it only two miracles required, and perhaps
only one if the current pope so chooses. Well, the current pope so
chooses only one for John XXIII -- oh, by the way, we don't really know
if the "one miracle" is believable, because JPII also changed the rigor by
which the measly two miracles would be recognized, for example, he
abolished the longstanding practice of the
ADVOCATUS DIABOLI, the
"devil's advocate," such that a candidate for sainthood has a kind of
NGO/PAC** approach to being approved. If there are any "skeletons in
the closet" they will likely not be discovered, because the devil's advocate
was all about challenging the process of canonization with evidence that
would be contrary to its progress.
**Non-Governmental Organization / Political Action Committee
The second miracle attributed to his intercession is the inexplicable curing of a Costa Rican woman who prayed to him for help with her medical condition on the day of his beatification.
And so, do we have any doctors' testimonies? Do we have any of the
testimonies of doctors, especially, who say that the woman did not
have any such "medical condition" in the first place, even if they are
not to be believed? That is the kind of thing that the devil's advocate
would bring forward, but it will not be brought forward since there is
no more devil's advocate.
In the case of Pope John XXIII, who was known as the "good pope", Francis waived the customary rules requiring a second miracle after beatification, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said. John XXIII was beatified in 2000.
Actually, John XXIII was known as "Good Pope John," not "the good
pope." And it seems that he was so known not for his moral
rectitude or awesome goodness but rather for his ability to be good
for a laugh. IOW they left out 3 words: "The Good-For-A-Laugh
Pope John." He had a cheerful outlook on everything. He was not
about to be accused of 'gloom and doom.' Check out his M.R.S.*** of
1962 at the opening of Vat.II where he said so, literally. He would
have, effectively, no truck with the warnings of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. For of all human creatures she is the most prominent of those
so-called prophets of gloom and doom.
***Most Regrettable Speech, October 11th, 1962, Divine Maternity of Mary
Can you blame her, when from where she stands she sees every day
souls falling into hell like snowflakes?
In the Fatima apparitions, in September, the last one before the great
Miracle of the Sun in October of 1917, the 30,000 people present
saw flakes of something like flower petals drifting down from the sky,
as if to fall on them, but as these flakes came close to the crowd
overhead, they vanished just before they could be touched.
There has never been an explanation for what that meant. This was
after the Third Secret had already been given to the 3 shepherd
children, Lucia, Jacinta and Francesco. And none of them ever explained
what the drifting petals meant. Could it have been the image of graces
that would be ours if we only would believe, but since we do not, the
graces vanish before we can receive them? Or, could it have been like
souls falling into hell, where they are then forgotten in eternity, forever
separated from the living in heaven? Or, was it a reminder of the
manna that fell from heaven and was the sustenance of the Israelites,
but will not be our sustenance when the Mass is abolished or so many
consecrations are invalid or when so many souls receive it unworthily
such that they receive not grace but condemnation?
It was JPII who "waived the customary rules of three (3) miracles,
so this waiving of Francis of the second miracle tells anyone with eyes
to see and ears to hear (or anyone with the ability to count backwards!)
what the trend is. Next thing you know, there will be NO MIRACLES
required. See? From 3 to 2 to 1, and then next comes 0 (zero).
And it makes perfect sense, because A) these NeoModernists don't
really want any part of Tradition even if they want people to think that
they do, and B) they don't really believe in miracles anyway, so why
make miracles a requirement? And finally, C) it is their ultimate end
to make everyone a saint, because everyone goes to heaven, because
everyone is essentially good, and hell, if it exists at all, must be empty,
for "hell is not a place," etc. (words of John Paul II the Ungreat).
Note: I was going to put D) not having to have a second miracle
approved is, in a way, itself, the "second miracle," but that's an old
joke and I thought I would be criticized for making an old joke so I
didn't make it. I don't want to be criticized!! It really makes me sad! :cry: