Comments | wombat_socho: Not that there was any doubt about this, mind you.

wombat_socho

Not that there was any doubt about this, mind you.

May 01, 2011 20:04

Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II today before more than a million Catholics in St. Peter's Square today ( Read more... )

it's a catholic thing, history

Comments 6

huladavid May 2 2011, 03:10:42 UTC

I dunno, but this all seems a little too fast. However, it's not my church, so ya'll can do what you want. (Ain't I beneficent as all get out?)

wombat_socho May 2 2011, 03:22:43 UTC

Golly, yes!

More seriously, there are a lot of people who probably wonder why it took so long for the Pope to get around to this.

huladavid May 2 2011, 03:13:29 UTC

Once he's sainted how is going to be refered as? St. Pope John Paul II, St. John Paul II, or by his name from before he was Pope? Just curious.

wombat_socho May 2 2011, 03:22:05 UTC

St. John Paul II. Maybe as St. John Paul the Great, but we'll see. Won't be for another five years, unless we start seeing a whole crapload of miracles attributed to his intervention.

Crapload huladavid May 3 2011, 00:01:50 UTC

In this case "Crapload" is two miracles as established by Pope John Paul II. Honestly, this was a continuation of simplification begun by Pope Paul IV. In any case, to me, it matters not, John Paul II was a brilliant politician and a great Pope. I hope that his place in heaven is assured and canonization is gilding the lily done for human needs, John Paul II intercedes for the living not vice versa.
But that is just heretical MRT

Re: Crapload wombat_socho May 3 2011, 12:53:25 UTC

I'd forgotten that. Thank you for reminding me.