http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-01-30T144326Z_01_L30552020_RTRUKOC_0_US-POPE-MIRACLE.xml&rpc=22 > An excerpt from the link above says, "The Vatican may have found the "miracle" they need to put the late Pope John Paul one step closer to sainthood -- the medically inexplicable healing of a French nun with the same Parkinson's disease that afflicted him." > In my opinion, it is obscene and disgraceful for Pope JP-II's trusted cronies and successors to be the ones to move him towards sainthood, because of their obvious conflict of interest. Mother Theresa's "fast track" process had no similar conflict of interest. "Fast-track" towards sainthood should be extremely rare to avoid diluting what it means to be a saint. As others have observed on this forum there are even Goans worthy of sainthood who have not been considered even after several decades. So, why the unseemly rush in the case of Pope JP-II? > The passage of time may put far more perspective on the achievements of this controversial Pope. > On the one hand he had several magnificent achievements, especially in the areas of ecumenism, and in helping bring the sordid evil empire of the old Soviet Union to it's demise. > On the other hand, Pope JP-II was slow to react to the priestly pedophime scandal in the United States, showed little if any sympathy for the scores of victims that were scarred for life, showed utmost sympathy for the pedophile priests, and elevated the disgraced Cardinal of Boston, John Law, to a respected position in one of the churches in Rome affiliated with the Vatican. This gave Law a prominent role in the ceremonies following the Pope's death, whereas he deserved to spend his retirement in disgrace, atoning for enabling several pedophile priests to molest children for decades, and making restitution to their victims. > Again I ask, why the obscene hurry to move this particular Pope towards sainthood? Do we need a saint who was sympathetic towards pedophile priests, the most heinous crime that can ever be perpetrated towards a vulnerable child? >
