La Stampa<\/em><\/a>,<\/strong> the canonization of Karol\u00a0 Wojtyla is moving forward and may happen as early as October 2013.\u00a0 The proceedings have been conducted in secrecy; but Andrea Tornielli, reporting from Vatican City, reported:<\/p>\nIn January, the postulator of the cause, Mgr. Slawomir Oder, submitted a presumed miraculous healing to the Vatican Congregation for the Saints for a preliminary opinion. As it is known, after the approval of a miracle for the proclamation of a blessed, the canonical procedures include the recognition of a second miracle that must have occurred after the beatification ceremony.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nTwo doctors of the Vatican council had previously examined this new case, and both gave a favourable opinion. The dossier with the medical records and the testimonies was then officially presented to the Congregation, which immediately included the examination in its agenda. In the past few days it was discussed by a committee of seven doctors, the council (presided over by Dr. Patrick Polisca, Pope John Paul II\u2019s cardiologist), Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s personal physicians and now Pope Francis\u2019s. The medical council also gave a favourable opinion, the first official go-ahead by the Vatican, by defining as inexplicable the healing attributed to the intercession of the blessed Karol Wojtyla.<\/em><\/p>\nAccording to Italy\u2019s Panorama Magazine<\/em>,<\/strong> the healing selected for further study was chosen from four cases which had been submitted to the Vatican.<\/p>\nIn May 2005, Pope Benedict XVI waived the normal five-year waiting period<\/strong> before beatification proceedings for his predecessor could begin, citing \u201cexceptional circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\nIn 2009, the Congregation for the Saints unanimously ruled<\/strong> that Pope John Paul had lived a life of virtue; just a month later, Pope Benedict signed a declaration ruling that he had, in fact, lived a \u201cheroic, virtuous life\u201d.<\/p>\nThe first miracle attributed to the late pope<\/strong>\u2014the miracle which led to John Paul\u2019s beatification in May 2011\u2014was the healing of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a French nun who had suffered from Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u00a0 Sister Marie had been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s in 2001 and deteriorated rapidly, becoming incapacited within only four years to the point that she could no longer write and could barely drive.\u00a0 The sisters began praying to Pope John Paul for her healing; and within only a few weeks, the Parkinson\u2019s symptoms disappeared and doctors confirmed that she was completely healed.<\/p>\nAt this point, specifics regarding the second healing are still confidential;<\/strong> but it is believed that the second miracle occurred shortly after Pope John Paul\u2019s death.\u00a0 If the Congregation for the Saints also rules that there is no natural cause for this second healing, Blessed John Paul II could be canonized as early as October.\u00a0 One source has suggested that while no date has been determined at this time, it could be Sunday, October 20\u2014the nearest Sunday to Blessed Pope John Paul\u2019s October 22 feastday.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The medical council charged with reviewing a possible miraculous healing attributable to Pope John Paul II has ruled it \u201cinexplicable\u201d and has forwarded the file to the Vatican Congregation for the Saints for further study. According to the Italian newspaper La Stampa, the canonization of Karol\u00a0 Wojtyla is moving forward and may happen as early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,45,160,196,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beatification","category-canonization","category-miracles","category-pope-john-paul-ii","category-saints"],"yoast_head":"\n
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