and she got right out of her room and went to the chapel and thanked god and john paul, completely healed, of her illness. in october, of last year, medical experts examined all of the documentation, concerning this miracle, determined there was no natural explanation for the cure. in december, a theological commission ruled the miracle could only be attributed to god, and, that it was through the intersession of john paul ii whose intersession had been asked by the sister, by her community and by the faithful. and finally, in january of this year, the cardinal prefect and bishop members of the congregation for the cause of the saints expressed their
and then that theologians would say, look, there s intersession through john paul ii, and we can only claim this is from god, god alone that s the next step and another big celebration like this probably in a few years. father jonathan, now pope benedict made his way to the altar where the coffin of pope john paul ii has been placed and he s praying. what s the significance of this? this is a remembrance of a sacredness of human life. that here his remains are laid out right there in front of the first pope, peter. and we re recognizing that yes, he has died, yes, he is in heaven, we are, we are proclaiming, i mean, the church through the beatification, but his time here in this life. his remains, his body are also important. why? because they were temples of the holy spirit so right there next to the remains of peter the first pope, john paul ii is placed and people are going
fact used by people as a source of prayer, focus for prayer and people ask for the intersession of various saintly people through the use of relics. heather: one of the nuns there, is french nun who was afflicted with parkinson s an prayed to pope john paul ii and has been declared secured by his intervention, the first step to the beatification. explain the process now that he is declared blessed by the pontiff there will need to be a second miracle declared before he can attain sainthood? right, all of these cases, to be certain we are talking about something factual you have to know, the person was genuinely sick and she had parkinson s and, what we cannot explain is the disease is completely gone and she said she placed it in the hands of pope john paul ii because, she knew of all people,
assassination attempt and parkenson s. and the first attempt at sainthood and miracle with him, with marie pierre, the french nun who says she s been cured of parken son s because she prayed to the pontiff. father, what s the next step and what can we expect in the next couple of years? so, there s been thousands of apparent o-supposed miracles submitted to the congregation to the cause of the saints. house of letters saying, not only was there a big miracle like healing park son s, but i had a job and ended up healing had a relationship that was broken. i had fallen into sin and got back up. those are the real life miracles through the intersession of john paul ii people are claiming. the next step though is to choose one of those that doctors can say, there is no natural explanation for this,
friend, pope benedict xvi and attributed to john paul s intersession and it was a morale boost for the catholic church, and a professor spoke of the uniqueness of john paul s papacy. john paul ii knew for his personal prayer and also just his genuine transparent ability and the ability through his acting career by which he d able to connect with his role for the church and everyone saw him as father. holy father and they now are celebrating that he s blessed and needs the holy father. and now, one more concern miracle is needed before john paul the blessed is declared a saint and many folk who are very learned, are convinced that that will happen within