Saturday, March 6, 2010

Pope John Paul's Path to Sainthood May Be Set Back As Woman He Cured Did Not Have Parkinson's

The Telegraph website in England reports today (March 6, 2010) that Pope John Paul II's path to sainthood could be delayed, after a Polish newspaper claimed that the woman he cured of Parkinson's in fact did not suffer from the disease.

The Polish-born Pope was credited with the miraculous recovery of a French nun, Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, who had been suffering from Parkinson's disease, which medical science regards as incurable.

The Polish daily newspaper "Rzeczpospolita" states that a doctor who scrutinized the 49-year-old nun's case concluded that she may have been suffering not from Parkinson's but from a nervous disorder from which temporary recovery is medically possible.

A validated miracle is required for John Paul to be beatified, with a second miracle required for his full sainthood. Pope John Paul II himself suffered from Parkinson's disease during the last several years of his papacy.

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