{"id":839,"date":"2011-01-14T09:48:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T09:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2011\/01\/beatification.html"},"modified":"2011-01-14T09:48:18","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T09:48:18","slug":"beatification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/01\/beatification.html","title":{"rendered":"Beatification"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Catholics, beatification is a wonderful part of their faith. For evangelicals, it is difficult to understand. Pope Benedict XVI<\/a> has made a move to make the former Pope John Paul II<\/a> one step closer to sainthood by setting a date for his beatification. <\/p>\n

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What does this mean? It means he will be venerated<\/a> a term used that allows worshippers to respectfully bow or make the sign of the cross before before a saint’s icon. That icon may also be kissed by the worshipper.<\/div>\n
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In an article in the New York Times about Pope John Paul II to be Beatified<\/a>, it states,<\/p>\n

Wildly popular, John Paul was seen as a man of his time, a Pole who marshaled the Catholic Church’s energies to help end the Cold War. But he was also criticized for how he handled a sex abuse crisis burgeoning in the United States as early as the 1980s.<\/p>\n

At John Paul’s funeral in April 2005, the faithful filled Saint Peter’s Square crying “santo subito,” or “sainthood now.” Benedict honored their wishes, putting John Paul on a fast-track to sainthood, waiving the traditional five-year waiting period for the process to begin.”<\/p>\n

So Pope John Paul is on the way to sainthood. No matter what religious tradition you come from, this Pope was truly a great man and a wonderful leader. He brought hope and light to the world. What are your opinions regarding his beatification? <\/p>\n

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