July 18, 2012
“I felt like I could collapse at any moment. Various times I fell down outside on the street.” The former mayor Marcos Fidel Rojas recalled a trip to Rome where he had met Pope John Paul II. He thought, “I have a friend up there. And he had Parkinson’s. Why didn’t I pray to him before? Venerable Father John Paul II: come and heal me, put your hands on my head.” Dr. Antonio Schlesinger Piedrahita certified Fidel’s complete healing from Parkinson’s disease. “Yes, John Paul II gave me the miracle of curing me. My great promise to my healer is to spread devotion to him wherever I can.”
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November 12, 2011
November 12, 2011 | CISA News Africa (Nairobi) – Kenyan Cardinal John Njue on November 11 appointed a Dutch layman, Dr Waldery Hilgeman as the new postulator for the beatification process of Maurice Cardinal Otunga. The new postulator, currently working in Rome, Italy at the Congregation for Causes of Saints, replaces the late Consolata Missionary, Fr ...
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May 1, 2011
Millions gathered to witness the Beatification of Pope John Paul II!
April 22, 2011
CatholicBox.com, the premier catholic video blog, stumbled across this wonderful video posted by the Vatican in January 2011. With May 1st quickly approaching, we thought this would be a pleasant Easter Gift.
