yes, "miracle" #1: monica besra's tumor went away when she prayed to MT. she omitted to mention that she also underwent chemotherapy, which the doctors pointed out later.
"miracle" #2: there was unexpected light around MT in some photographs. the photographer mentioned that he was using new film with a high ASA rating he was unfamiliar with
"miracle" #3: godman was cured by praying to MT. yeah, i was cured of my lack of money by praying to the nearest ATM. i also inserted my ATM card into it
but there is a true miracle: that the charlatans in the vatican actually have standards for "miracles". considering the fellows who have been already sainted -- like 'saint' francis xavier, a thug who converted lots of fisherfolk up and down the coast at the point of a gun, we find that hard to believe.
consider a new padre who is to be fast-tracked to 'beatification' and 'sainthood': a kerala godman who was convicted of murdering his (pregnant?) girlfriend in madatharuvi in 1969 or so, let off on some technicality, and now 'exonerated' as per his fellow-godmen because the doctor who had done the autopsy 'confessed' something. (can we say 'hearsay'?)
yup, they do have standards. basically it's CYA, because tomorrow it may be your A you've covered by exonerating some other horny old goat. for instance, see how cleverly they have got the supreme court to invalidate narco-tests with one single objective -- exonerate godmen kottoor and puthrukkayil and godwoman seffi (yep, the menage a trois) in the ax-murder of sister abhaya.
is managing to avoid being hanged for murder a 'miracle'? if so, we'll soon see kottoor, puthrukkayil and seffi joining the queue for 'sainthood'.
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From: sri
Teresa's miracles not enough for sainthood: Church
Press Trust Of India
Aug 24, 2010
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teresas-miracles-not-enough-for-sainthood-church/129469-3.html?from=tn
Baruipur, West Bengal: Even though the world eagerly awaits the
elevation of Mother Teresa to sainthood as she approaches 100 this
Thursday, this may not be possible soon as the Church is still looking
for an 'acceptable' miracle attributed to her, a prelate has said here
in West Bengal.
"We are receiving reports from all over the world of favours granted
by Mother. Miracle has certain characteristics. Favours reported do
not fit into the characteristics," said Bishop Salvadore Lobo of
Baruipur.
After Teresa's death on September 5, 2007, Pope John Paul-II put her
on the fast-track to sainthood, concluding her beatification on
October 19, 2003, on the basis of claims of a tribal woman in Raiganj
that she had been cured of stomach tumour by praying to her.
Church Law requires another miracle of a medical nature attributable
to her before she could be canonised (declared saint).
On the 10th anniversary of Teresa's death in 2007, a Catholic priest
from Guwahati claimed to have been cured of kidney stone after praying
to Teresa.
"This claim was rejected by the Church authorities," Lobo, who headed
the Diocesan Enquiry Team looking into the life and virtues of Teresa
for her beatification, said.
Noting that the Diocesan Enquiry Team has been folded up after
Teresa's beatification, he said a fresh enquiry team will have to be
formed once the report of an 'acceptable' miracle was received.
The new team will have to be formed in the country where the fresh
miracle is reported.
From: sri
Teresa's miracles not enough for sainthood: Church
Press Trust Of India
Aug 24, 2010
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teresas-miracles-not-enough-for-sainthood-church/129469-3.html?from=tn
Baruipur, West Bengal: Even though the world eagerly awaits the
elevation of Mother Teresa to sainthood as she approaches 100 this
Thursday, this may not be possible soon as the Church is still looking
for an 'acceptable' miracle attributed to her, a prelate has said here
in West Bengal.
"We are receiving reports from all over the world of favours granted
by Mother. Miracle has certain characteristics. Favours reported do
not fit into the characteristics," said Bishop Salvadore Lobo of
Baruipur.
After Teresa's death on September 5, 2007, Pope John Paul-II put her
on the fast-track to sainthood, concluding her beatification on
October 19, 2003, on the basis of claims of a tribal woman in Raiganj
that she had been cured of stomach tumour by praying to her.
Church Law requires another miracle of a medical nature attributable
to her before she could be canonised (declared saint).
On the 10th anniversary of Teresa's death in 2007, a Catholic priest
from Guwahati claimed to have been cured of kidney stone after praying
to Teresa.
"This claim was rejected by the Church authorities," Lobo, who headed
the Diocesan Enquiry Team looking into the life and virtues of Teresa
for her beatification, said.
Noting that the Diocesan Enquiry Team has been folded up after
Teresa's beatification, he said a fresh enquiry team will have to be
formed once the report of an 'acceptable' miracle was received.
The new team will have to be formed in the country where the fresh
miracle is reported.
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