Saturday, July 13, 2013

Details of John Paul II miracle

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQXeWU4RZeVPhMzM-OS-ZfwkbIx320HWzfoAzBCmiP5zxTszHCZ0AThe Vatican has released details of the second miracle that has been attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul II, paving the way for his canonisation.

A Costa Rican woman, Floribeth Mora Diaz, who was cured of an inoperable brain aneurysm said that she heard the voice of Pope John Paul II at her bedside.

"I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, do not be afraid,'" Mrs Mora, who is a 50-year-old mother, told Mexico's Televisa channel. A magazine beside her bed had a photo of the late pope on the cover and she said that with a gesture of the hand he invited her to get up.

Her doctor was unable to explain the recovery and the case was then studied by the Vatican's Congregation for the Cause of Saints.

The cure took place on 1 May 2011, the same day that John Paul II was being beatified.

The Vatican said on Friday that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed to John Paul II, who was pope between 1978 and 2005. 

It was also announced that John Paul XXIII, who was pope from 1958 to 1963, would be canonised without a second miracle.

The Holy See spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi, said the canonisations would most likely take place by the end of the year.

Pope Francis also approved the beatification of Bishop Álvaro del Portillo, the late prelate of Opus Dei, who died in 1994. 

The bishop succeeded St Josemaría Escrivá as head of Opus Dei.