The process has followed the common canonical provisions, at no miracle stop.Benedetto XVI will preside at the celebration in Roma.Sei years and one month after death of Karol Wojtyla accepted the miracle
the healing of a French nun suffering from Parkinson's disease
01/14/2011 Rome John Paul II will be beatified on the 1st of May, the second Sunday of Easter ( Divine Mercy Sunday ). Broke the news today, P. Federico Lombardi, director ( Vatican press) with a notice of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints ...
The press office of the Holy See announced this morning that BenedettoXVI ° has authorized the promulgation
of the decree on the miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul II. "This act - precise - concludes the process that precedes the rite of beatification . "As you know - inform the Holy See -, the due to papal dispensation, began before the expiration of five years from the death of the Servant of God, required by law. This measure was requested by the imposing reputation for holiness enjoyed by Pope John Paul II in life, death and after death. For the rest, were fully complied with the common canonical provisions regarding the causes of beatification and canonization . On December 19, 2009 was authorized by Pope Benedict XVI promulgated the Decree on all'eroicità of virtue, while in the postulation of the beatification cause examined by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from the healing of Sister Marie Parkinson Simon Pierre Normand, religious Institut des Petites Soeurs des Catholiques Maternités. The documents were submitted to canonical scientific investigation of the medical consultation of the Department October 21, 2010 and experts' s expressed to the scientific dell'inspiegabilità healing. " On 11 January, cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a unanimous ruling in the affirmative, 'r Iten miraculous healing of Sister Marie Simon Pierre, as made by God with a scientifically inexplicable, as a result of the intercession of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II, is confidently claimed to be healed by the same for many other faithful .
Six years and one month " Today's promulgation of a series of decrees the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, including one concerning a miracle attributed to the Servant of God John Paul II, opens the way to the final step of his beatification, which will take place Sunday, 1 May 2011, Divine Mercy Sunday ", said Father Federico Lombardi.Dal time of death are past six years and one month and John Paul II has surpassed the equally rapid beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which lasted one month more. "The a cause of beatification of John Paul II - said the Vatican spokesman - h following the procedure laid down and had only two facilities: the first is not to wait five years after his death, in light of People waiting outstanding and the great reputation of sanctity. The second facility consisted of a fast track, which made it possible to advance the cause itself as the documentation was completed and evaluated, without having to follow the "tail" of the other causes present. " "All the steps - however stated - were done with care, without discounts, just as they stood at the heart of Pope Benedict XVI, who, as everyone knows, is very demanding in this sense .
On the day of Divine Mercy
" The reason for the choice of Sunday 1 May - then Father Lombardi emphasized - is linked to various aspects: first is the second Sunday after Easter, when we remember that the appearance of Jesus at the Last Supper with an open heart and when it is instituted the sacrament of penance . It is also a particularly significant day for John Paul II, because April 30, 2000 was the canonization of Sister Faustina Kowalska and the proclamation by Pope John Paul II, the Day of Divine Mercy for the whole Church . " Two years later, in 2002, the same John Paul II dedicated the sanctuary Guadielski, where he had lived Sister Faustina, a sanctuary of Divine Mercy and had given the world to Divine Mercy. On that occasion Pope John Paul II had proclaimed the prayer of entrustment of the world to God the Merciful Father .
Preparing for the event
Father Lombardi said that from now until the day of the beatification, there are three and a half months, " a time that should be sufficient to prepare the city of Rome to receive the many pilgrims who want to be present . "In the Basilica of San Pietro work began preparation in the chapel of San Sebastian, in the aisle right after and before the mercy of the SS. Sacramento . Here you will transferred the coffin " in an enclosure on the plate will be simply written in Latin" Blessed John Paul II . Prior to the transfer - said the director of the Press - there will be another translation, that of Blessed Innocent XI, whose coffin is under the altar of St. Sebastian in 1956 and which will move the altar of the Transfiguration, again in the basilica of St. Peter. "
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