Thousands are expected to attend the beatification ceremony, a much needed ray of light in Benedict XVI, the papacy of AM, which in recent months has been the erosion of a sexual abuse scandal in Europe and the violence against Christians the Middle East.
People John Paul II was seen as a man of his time, a Polish Catholic Church organized the AOs energy to help end the Cold War. But it was also criticized for the way it handled the growing sexual abuse crisis in the United States as soon as the 1980's.
In John Paul's funeral in April 2005 AM, the faithful filled St. Peter's, AM crying Plaza, subito Äúsanto, AU or Äúsainthood now., AU Benedict met their wishes, putting John Paul II on a fast track sainthood, waiving the traditional five-year waiting period to get the process started, but insisting on a thorough investigation into his life.
Benedict XVI said in a decree Friday that a French nun had been miraculously cured of Parkinson's disease by AOs Juan Pablo, the intercession of administrative officers. The John Paul suffered from Parkinson's, AM. A second miracle is needed to become a saint.
After John Paul's beatification, you are considered, Äúblessed, AU and can be venerated in public. Benedict XVI is expected to celebrate the beatification Mass, the first Sunday after Easter.
In a statement on Friday, Benedict XVI said a committee appointed by the Vatican cardinals, bishops, theologians and doctors had determined that the recovery of Sister Marie Simon Pierre Parkinson's disease AOs, Äúmiraculous, the AU and Äúscientifically inexplicable., AU
Juan Pablo, MA 26-year papacy was filled with milestones. In 1979, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow became the first non-Italian to become pope in four centuries. It was the first pope in history to visit a mosque and a synagogue and the church clock unveiled its new Catechism for the first time in almost 500 years. In 2000, he apologized for the Church's sins against Jews administrative officers, women, heretics and minorities.
Its popularity grew after he survived an assassination attempt by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca in 1981, and in his later years, the slow decline of Parkinson's disease, OCs was seen as a poignant example of a man facing death without fear.
However, some dark clouds still hang over his papacy. Juan Pablo was supportive of the Rev. Marcial Maciel, a Mexican priest who founded a rich and powerful religious order, the Legionaries of Christ, which was found to have abused seminarians and fathered several children.
During the height of abuse scandal last spring, the defenders of Benedict XVI said that when he was head of the Vatican's office of doctrinal and disciplinary administrative official, Benedict XVI wanted to open an investigation into Father Maciel, but had to close the Cardinals to Juan Pablo blocked him.
The Vatican began investigating the Legionaries of Christ in 2004, when John Paul was in serious decline. Last May, the Vatican condemned the Rev. Maciel, who died in 2008, and placed the Legion under his direct control.
The defenders of John Paul II said he was contemptuous of the first reports of abuse of abuse by priests, because he considered it a tactic used by the Communist Party in Eastern Europe to weaken the church. In 2001, John Paul made an apology for sexual abuse by priests.
The news of the beatification was warmly received in his native Poland.
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