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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is it common for Catholics to build a shrine to a man? I haven’t seen anything like that before. I’m a big fan of JPII, but it seems a bit odd to me.


15 posted on 07/20/2016 1:56:01 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
Almost all Catholic Churches / parishes could be considered "shrines" for some holy person, human or angelic, in the sense that they are named and dedicated to, e.g. St. John the Baptist, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Mary, etc. And Pope John Paul II *is* a canonized saint.

All this honor of saints is to the greater glory of God.

16 posted on 07/20/2016 2:39:05 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.")
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