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Pope John Paul II's Beatification and the Road to Becoming a Saint

By Torie BoschJan 14th 2011 – 8:57AM

Today, Pope John Paul II is one step closer to becoming a saint. John Paul's beatification -- a stage in which an individual is known as "blessed," and one of the final steps before obtaining sainthood -- has been scheduled for May 1. He reached that stage of the Catholic Church's sainthood process after Pope Benedict XVI...

Pope John Paul II's Path to Sainthood Now in Doubt

By Dana KennedyMar 30th 2010 – 3:57PM
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(March 30) -- To many, the charismatic Pope John Paul II represented much that is lacking in the dour, scholarly Pope Benedict XVI, who was once nicknamed "the Rottweiler" and is under worldwide siege for the child sex abuse scandals sweeping the Roman Catholic Church. But even as more questions swirl around Benedict and...

Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself With Belt, Book Says

Jan 26th 2010 – 5:23PM
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VATICAN CITY, Italy (Jan. 26) -- Pope John Paul II whipped himself with a belt, even on vacation, and slept on the floor as acts of penitence and to bring him closer to Christian perfection, according to a new book by the Polish prelate spearheading his sainthood case. The book, "Why He's a Saint," also includes...

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Museum Month: Kalaupapa National Historic Park And Leper Settlement, Molokai

By Laurel Miller May 15th 2012 - 01:10PM

Critical to the development and notoriety of the settlement was the arrival of Joseph De Veuster, a Belgian missionary better known as Father Damien.

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Marianne Cope, Catholic Nun On The Verge Of Sainthood

By Jahnabi Barooah Dec 08th 2011 - 02:20PM

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Catholic nun who worked with lepers is on the verge of becoming Hawaii's second canonized saint, after Vatican officials attributed a second miracle to her intercession.

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Richard Karpala: There Be Dragons Review, and Interview With Wes Bentley

By Richard Karpala May 06th 2011 - 04:29PM

Christian films, or faith-based films, with the exception of Passion of the Christ , share a characteristic I don't like.

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Royal Weddings and Human Idols

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach May 01st 2011 - 10:31PM

The most primitive instinct in mankind is the veneration and deification of humans, the need to make ordinary men and women into gods.

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YouTube To Live Stream Pope John Paul II's Beatification Cemermony

By Catharine Smith Apr 30th 2011 - 05:26PM

On Sunday May 1 in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City, the Catholic Church will hold a Beatification ceremony for Pope John Paul II.

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