Santo Subito

[arisbe]

Not just another Mexican wrestling movie:

Archbishop Dziwisz, John Paul's trusted private secretary, specified that he wanted John Paul canonised - not just beatified - during the Cologne visit. Asked if Benedict might declare him a martyr - which would spare the Vatican from having to find and confirm a miracle attributed to John Paul - the archbishop responded, "In any case, people want him to be a saint."

Subito in this case meaning something like next month.

It seems to me that to be shot in a political assassination attempt and die a quarter of a century later is not exactly what the ancient Fathers of the Church called martyrdom. Never mind. In the case of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Pope back then said, Every article (of his writings) is a miracle. And you know, he may have been right.

Comments

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Originally martyrs were the only recognized saints. So miracles became loopholes for the rest of us.

[nandan.livejournal.com]

Ah ha! Interesting.