Saint John Paul II???

As I signed onto AOL.com this morning, to check my mail, I read a news article on a French nun who had been cured of Parkinson's Disease. This cure is of great significance, because it is a piece in determining Pope John Paul II sainthood. Other nuns prayed to the deceased Pope for their fellow sister and they believed he created a miracle. It disturbed me when reading this article that everything was so technical. For example, the article read, "The nun also underwent psychiatric evaluation and had her handwriting analyzed, since a change in handwriting is a classic symptom of Parkinson's disease, the Rome-based cleric spearheading her cause, Monsignor Slawomir Oder, said this week. Normally, psychiatric evaluations are not typical for church investigations into purported miracles, but Oder said church officials wanted to be particularly sure in this case and that the results were 'very reassuring.' " I mean jeeze! You have to put someone though testing in order to determine if something was a miracle or not? What happened to the old fashion faith in God to do his good will? The Catholic Church is acting like the medical examiner in the Anna Nicole Smith case, awaiting the results. The following statement in the article made my stomach churn, "They don't use the word 'miracle,' because that is for Rome to decide whether the cure counts as one, he said." I mean come on!!!! I hate that I'm saying this, but I guess there's a need for some of this, because someone could just be faking it. But really??? Lean on faith and good judgment. If you really need a committee for someone sainthood and can't just see it right in front of your face... to me -- they're not a freakin saint!!!