Posts Tagged ‘John Paul II’
This morning’s Catholic must-reads
Vatican Radio reports on Pope Benedict’s prayer on Sunday for missionaries murdered in Africa (audio).
The Pope met 59 new priests of the embattled Legion of Christ yesterday, Zenit reports.
Cardinal Brady tells Vatican Radio last week’s meeting with the Pope to discuss the Irish abuse crisis was “sad and serious” (audio).
Australia is preparing for a major announcement about the Cause of Blessed Mary MacKillop.
The postulator of Newman’s Cause will undertake a huge fundraising drive in the United States in 2010.
Robert George explains why he co- authored the Manhattan Declaration.
Fr John Flynn examines the “rebirth” of population control.
Jeffrey Steel is shocked by the case of fathers jailed in Germany for refusing to send their children to mandatory sex education classes.
NLM rejoices in the opening of the Cause of Empress Zita.
No Hidden Magenta looks at the precedents for electing bishops in the wake of the Irish abuse scandal.
And a recently released transcript sheds light on John Paul II’s historic meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989.
Santo subito? Probably not
Rocco Palmo explains why, contrary to reports, John Paul II is unlikely to be beatified in 2010.
Photo: Pilgrims display portraits of John Paul II and Benedict XVI during Pope Benedict’s weekly audience in St Peter’s Square on September 27 2006 (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)
John Paul II: Blessed in 2010?
The Telegraph reports that the beatification of John Paul II could be just months away.
The paper quotes Gianni Alemanno, the mayor of Rome, as saying: “These are internal decisions [for the Vatican] but it is expected to take place at the latest by next year.”
The Vatican is reportedly still considering whether the “miraculous” healing of a French nun of Parkinson’s disease was due to the late pope’s intercession.
But in the absence of an official announcement the report is probably simply intriguing guesswork.
Photo: John Paul II greets Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on October 22 1978 (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano)
Pope to visit ‘elder brothers’ in Rome
Confirmed: Pope Benedict will visit Rome’s main synagogue on January 17.
John Paul II made a historic visit to the synagogue on April 14 1986. He is pictured speaking to the then Chief Rabbi of Rome Elio Toaff.
‘Gentlemen, something is about to happen’
John Allen reports on a candid interview Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne has just given to his archdiocesan paper.
The East German cardinal suggests that, when John Paul II appointed him to the West German see in 1988, the pontiff recognised before most that the Iron Curtain was about to fall.
“The pope sent a clear signal,” Cardinal Meisner explains. “‘Gentlemen, pay attention, because something is about to happen.’”