{"id":583,"date":"2008-03-31T16:26:36","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T16:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/03\/report-on-john-paul-ii-saintho.php"},"modified":"2008-03-31T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T16:26:36","slug":"report-on-john-paul-ii-saintho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/03\/report-on-john-paul-ii-saintho","title":{"rendered":"Report on John Paul II Sainthood Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associated Press &#8211; March 31, 2008 <\/strong><br \/>\nVATICAN CITY &#8211; The church official spearheading the cause to make Pope John Paul II a saint said Monday he has finished a roughly 2,000-page draft of a report supporting the late pontiff&#8217;s canonization.<br \/>\nTwo days before the Vatican marks the third anniversary of John Paul&#8217;s death, Monsignor Slawomir Oder told Vatican Radio that he has turned over the report to the Vatican&#8217;s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<br \/>\nThe report summarizes and analyzes all the documentation about John Paul&#8217;s life and virtues that had been gathered since his 2005 death, including testimony from witnesses and his own writings.<br \/>\n&#8220;In the past days I have submitted a semifinal version,&#8221; Oder said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about 2,000 pages that need further technical and editing adjustments, but we can say that in its entirety, the report is complete.&#8221;<br \/>\nNow, an independent Vatican official, the Rev. Daniel Ols, must review Oder&#8217;s report and give it the final go-ahead for an official presentation to the Congregation, which must then gather committees of cardinals and bishops to discuss the merits of the case.<br \/>\nOder declined to give a timetable for that, or say when the Vatican might decide to beatify John Paul.<br \/>\nThe Vatican&#8217;s complicated saint-making procedures &#8211; which can include the weighing of favorable and unfavorable information &#8211; require that a miracle attributed to the candidate&#8217;s intercession be confirmed before beatification. A second miracle is necessary for canonization.<br \/>\nPope Benedict XVI put John Paul on the fast track to possible sainthood just weeks after his death on April 2, 2005, waiving the customary five-year waiting period.<br \/>\nSuch a waiver had only been granted once before, to Mother Teresa, who died in 1997 and was beatified in 2003.<br \/>\nJohn Paul&#8217;s sainthood process is progressing quickly, with milestones reached at nearly every anniversary of his death.<br \/>\nLast year, the investigation into John Paul&#8217;s life and virtues was officially closed, and French church officials turned over to the Vatican documentation about a purported miracle attributed to his intercession.<br \/>\nBenedict will preside over a Mass on Wednesday marking John Paul&#8217;s death.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nCopyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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