I read today at Vatican Insider that the Congregation of the Causes of Saints has approved unanimously (what else) a miracle through the intercession of Ven. Paul VI.Posted on 05/07/2014 2:34:45 AM PDT by markomalley
I suppose now the only thing left to do is beatify the Pope everyone forgets to remember and the set will be complete… at least until the pool grows by one more.
This morning, cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints gave their final approval for the late Pope’s healing of an unborn child
ANDREA TORNIELLI
VATICAN CITY
Giovanni Battista Montini’s beatification is near: this morning cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints unanimously approved the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Italian Pope from Brescia, who died in August 1978. The year which marked the canonization of two Popes – John XXIII and John Paul II – will also be the year of Paul VI’s beatification. In the next few days Pope Francis will be promulgating the decree on the miracle attributed to the late Pope and the date suggested for the actual beatification is 19 October. The beatification is expected to take place in Rome on the occasion of the concluding ceremony of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family: [HEY! This is the canonization of HUMANAE VITAE too!] it was Paul VI himself who established the Synod in September 1965 in response to a request made by the Council fathers. [And what a day's work that was.] It should be noted that next August will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Paul VI’s first big encyclical, the “Ecclesiam Suam”, which he wrote and edited entirely by himself.The miracle attributed to the intercession of Paul VI was witnessed in the United States in 2001. It involved the healing of an unborn child, which was found to have serious problems and a high risk of brain damage: the foetus’ bladder was damaged and doctors reported ascites (presence of liquid in the abdomen) and anhydramnios (absence of fluid in the amniotic sac). All attempts to correct the problem proved futile and in the end the doctors said the child would either die in the womb or it would be born with severe renal impairment. Abortion was offered as an option but the mother refused. Instead, she took the advice given to her by a nun who was a friend of the family and had met Montini: she decided to pray for Paul VI’s intercession using a fragment of the Pope’s vestments which the nun had given her.
Ten weeks later the results of the medical tests showed a substantial improvement in the child’s health and it was born by Caesarean section in the 39th week of pregnancy. The case was presented to the former Postulator of the Cause, the Jesuit Paolo Molinari – who passed away last week – in Rome. Faith weekly Credere revealed that the diocesan inquiry was launched in 2003 and all witnesses agree that the case in question cannot be explained scientifically.
The child has made it to thirteen and his health is constantly monitored to ensure that his psychophysical state is normal. [Healing miracles have to be sudden, complete and lasting.] Doctors are especially keeping an eye on the child’s renal function. On 12 December last year the medical consultation of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints headed by Professor Patrizio Polisca, confirmed the impossibility of explaining the healing and the dicastery’s theologians gave their approval last 18 February. [Along with the doctors' and scientists' statement that the healing can't be explained, then theologians have to judge whether people were praying to Paul VI, and not, for example, to "Jesus, Mary, Joseph and all the saints and holy angels, and St. Rita and St. Jude, and Paul VI, and Fulton Sheen and Pauline Jaricot and....] Benedict XVI promulgated Paul VI’s heroic virtues on 20 December 2012.
In honor of Paul VI, Pope Francis should, at the beatification, bring back the sedia gestatoria, far humbler than the expensive Popemobile and far greener.
If it was good enough for St. John XXIII and Bl. Paul VI, it is good enough for any Pope!
No need to be a clairvoyant. Just need to have one’s head out of the sand and look around at the fruits of Vatican II.
You keep cheering it on there girlfriend!
"I give a thought, too, to the dear Muslim immigrants that are beginning the fast of Ramadan, with best wishes for abundant spiritual fruits. The Church is near to you in the search for a more dignified life for yourselves and for your families. I say to you “O’ scia’!” [trans.: a friendly greeting in the local dialect]."
http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-on-lampedusa-the-globalization-of-indifferenc
Why is the Vicar of Christ associating Ramadan with "abundant spiritual fruits"? Why is he encouraging people in a mode of worship which denies the Divinity of Christ? This is not evangelization; it is ecumenism, and coming from the Vicar of Christ it is astounding. How is it possible to rationally equate such ecumenism with the example of St. Isaac Jogues?
As to the speculation that Pope Francis would reject St. Thomas More's defense of the King Henry VIII/ Queen Catherine marriage bond as a denial of 'mercy' --- again, this isn't even just sloppy casuistry, it's the most reckless kind of extrapolation. This argument does not demonstrate a diligent attention to accuracy and a fair evaluation of evidence.
Reckless extrapolation? Seriously?!!! Apparently you read my comment (intended to be a general analogy) in a literal sense.
The point I was attempting to make is that, based on public comments by the Pope regarding the Orthodox and remarriage and communion and his praise of Kasper's theology and talk of "mercy" in relation to the issue of divorce/remarriage/communion and the mixed messages that are emanating from him and from his inner circle, his standards are APPARENTLY more flexible than More's on the issue, with "mercy" as the basis. Perhaps I (and the many others who share the same interpretation) am wrong. Time will tell. However, at this point, there is certainly reason to wonder where things are heading.
I think you owe that much to the pope.
What the Pope owes to Christ and to His Church is "to pass on what he has received" in its entirety. He is spreading mixed messages and confusion, which is harmful to TRUE evangelization. I, and all Catholics, owe him our fervent prayers. Burying our heads in the sand is not a prerequisite.
My overall judgment is that the lamentable sequelae of Vat II were not “fruits” of Vat. II, but rather perversions thereof.
Amen.
If it were just perversions then we would see changes being made by the heirarchy. Instead we have Francis talking about the “enormous fruits” of it.
Oh, it’s the new springtime of the Church BlatherNaut. We don’t need no stinkin pre-Vatican II church ways.
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So putting the "perversions" aside, can you name a few tangible fruits of VC II?
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