"Venerable" John Paul II
We will could be calling him "Venerable" John Paul II by Christmas - or so this story from Inside Catholic implies.
The Congregation for Saints Causes has voted unanimously that John Paul II be recognized as having "heroically lived the Christian virtues" and be declared "venerable". All that is necessary is for Pope Benedict to sign the decree and December is usually one time of the year when the Pope does so.
I'm re-reading George Weigel's biography right now and feel that I am reading it for the first time. I have felt a great deal of regret that I missed so much of his early years: the significance of his election, the drama of his first trip to Poland, etc. I didn't come to until he had been Pope for nearly 8 years and so I didn't witness the early impact of his relative youth and incredible energy, warmth, and joy.
And I only saw him at the end of his life - far away on the rolling platform that enabled him to navigate the center aisle of St. Peter's in his old age.
But I miss him. And I am truly delighted to see his cause moving so quickly.
posted by Sherry W @ 3:22 PM
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Seemingly happy news for the Church, but in all honesty, where is the debate on the questionable things he promoted or allowed by indifference?
Why were witch doctors allowed to pray with the Holy Father in Assisi, the site of one of the Church's most venerable saints?
Why did the Holy Father kiss the Koran, a book that teaches and promotes a different gospel? People died refusing to do the same thing during persecutions in Persia till this day.
Why was the Holy Father seated in the papal audience watching immoral acts under the guise of acrobatics and dancing?
The resounding response I hear all the time is, the Holy Father had no idea. The people whose task it was to screen these meetings or events were short-sighted. The Holy Father then, was taken unawares.
I gave those excuses for His Holiness in the past, but after asking myself what i would do in those situations, I realized that I would immediately fire the people around me and send out a letter to inform people how scandalized I was and I would apologize having been a source of scandals to others.
With His Holiness, this was never the case. Until his death, he used the same Master of Ceremony (Marini) that dressed him up as a smurf and pagan druid peasant whenever he was celebrating mass in public. Benedict used this same person for a short while before he quietly let him go for somebody more conscious of the transcendent symbol when it comes to vestments used in prayer and worship.
Secondly, Benedict finally sent Marcel Marciel off to penance, where he needed to be after so many years of having overwhelming evidence against him from the pontificate of JP II.
I want the papacy to be something respected. JP II was not so much into respecting the office of the papacy. He led more people into scandal than any other pope. He accepted compromise on every single issue except when it actually came to teaching officially (i.e priesthood for men, celibacy for priests and homosexuality in seminary)
Why did he elevate Bernard Cardinal Law? Rather than use him as an example, he elevated him.
Because of these very scandalous acts, more bishops have been seen mingling with heretics and pagans and other confused people who think they worship God, our God.
Where is the evidence? Do the search. There are just too many images that are floating around randomly showing all these failings.
Before we talk about raising JP II to venerable, let's raise Pius the IX, Pius the XII and Leo XIII (the pope who penned St. Michael the Archangel prayer) to saints. These men stood against the tide. They fought hard and were despised by all...even those in the Church who wanted to modernize it but felt constrained by the powers of the popes.
Phil
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