Should Pope John Paul II be named a saint?

By blackmonday. Tuesday, 27. June 2006, 23:30:49

[IMGRIGHT=/blackmonday/homes/blog/PopeJohnPaulII-LARGE.jpgChronology of Pope John Paul II

Early Life

May 18, 1920: Karol Joseph Wojtyla born in Wadowice, Poland.

Nov. 1, 1946: Ordained as a priest.

Sept. 28, 1958: Consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Krakow

March 8, 1964: Made bishop of Krakow.

June 28, 1967: Made into cardinal by Pope Paul VI

As The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

Oct. 16, 1978: Elected Roman Catholic Pope by cardinals, first Polish Pope and first non-Italian in 455 years.

Jan. 25, 1979: Trip to Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bahamas.

June 2, 1979: Goes to Poland for first time as Pope

Someone Tried to Kill Him

May 13, 1981: Shot in abdomen by Turkish militant Mehmet Ali Agca in St.

Peter's Square

Sept. 15, 1982: Receives Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat at Vatican

April 13, 1986: Makes historic visit to Rome's main synagogue.

Dec. 1, 1989: Meets Mikhail Gorbachev at Vatican, Never done before meeting between a Russian chief and Pope

May 1, 1991: Issues first encyclical on social issues since fall of communism in Europe, giving qualified approval to capitalism but warning rich against taking advantage of poor.

July 15, 1992: Operation for benign tumor on colon. Leaves hospital July 28.

Sept. 4-10, 1993: Visits former Soviet Union for first time, traveling to Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia.

Oct. 5, 1993: Issues encyclical "Splendor of Truth," his major statement on morality.

Dec. 30, 1993: Agreement signed establishing formal ties between Israel and Vatican.

Oct. 19, 1994: Publishes his book, "Beyond the Threshold of Hope."

March 3, 1995: Issues encyclical "Gospel of Life," and condemns spreading "culture of death," including abortion, euthanasia, experimentation on human embryos.

March 10, 1997: Vatican establishes diplomatic relations with Libya, overriding U.S. objections.

Jan. 21-26, 1998: Visits Cuba for first time.

March 16, 1998: Vatican issues "We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah," or Holocaust, expressing remorse for cowardice of some Christians during World War II but defending actions of wartime Pope Pius XII.

Oct. 19, 1998: Celebrates 20th anniversary as pope, He requests prayers to fulfill his mission "until the end."

Dec. 24, 1999: Brings in Vatican millennium Jubilee year by opening Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica.

March 20-26, 2000: Makes first trip to Holy Land. Left at Jerusalem's Western Wall, expresses sorrow for suffering of Jews at Christian hands.

Sept. 3, 2000: Beatifies much-attacked Pope Pius IX and much-loved Pope John XXIII in one of most disputed acts of papacy.

May 4, 2001: Becomes first pope to visit Greece since Schism of 1054

April 23, 2002: Summons U.S. cardinals to discuss sex abuse scandal, tells them there is no place in priesthood for clerics who abuse young.

May 17, 2003: Cardinal, in newspaper interview, confirms pope has Parkinson's disease.

June 5-9, 2003: Makes 100th foreign trip, visiting Croatia.

July 31, 2003: Vatican launches global campaign against gay marriages.

Aug. 15, 2004: Breathes heavily and gasps during open-air Mass at Lourdes, France.

End of Life

Feb. 1, 2005: Rushed to Rome hospital with flu and difficulties breathing.

March 30, 2005: Given nasal feeding tube.

March 31, 2005: Develops high fever brought on by urinary infection.

April 1, 2005: Vatican announces pope is in "very serious" condition after suffering heart failure and a septic infection.

April 2, 2005: Vatican announces Pope is in a grave conditin and has a high fever. Pope John Paul II died.

Biography of Pope John Paul II

Comments

of course he should be canonized. he is already a saint.
http://my.opera.com/catholics/blog/

By byronmacias, # 27. February 2007, 23:29:06

same here with me byronmacx. right now he is being re-named Pope John Paul the Great for his great legacy.

By nighthawk49, # 29. March 2007, 08:44:20

By byronmacias, # 24. April 2007, 15:06:31

Hello Friends,

I dont´t write perfect in english, but i would try to tle something. Im Catholic people. I live with my wife in Arequipa, a Little city in the peruvian south. We traveled from Colombia, our conuntry, because we are members of Catholic Group.

I saw the Pope Juan Pablo Second when i was 8 years old in Colombia. Twinty years after I can see him in Roma during a mase since his Castengandolfo´s home. My oppinion is: Juan Pablo II was a perfect person, younger, brave, worker and fidelity with our church.

I believe in the life saint, consecuently for me Juan Pablo Second is in the sky together menay people like him.

Invite you to visit my blog
http://my.opera.com/migueljaramillolujan/blog/

By migueljaramillolujan, # 28. April 2007, 12:13:15

Gracias por tu opinion/ thanks for your opinion Miguel

By byronmacias, # 2. May 2007, 21:37:47

Hello everyone! To those Catholic devout, it's their own opinion that John Pope should named saint. In the dictionary the word saint means a person of great goodness who after their death is formally declared by the Church to be a saint, and to whom people offer prayers. But Biblically speaking, it's a big NO! Read Deu. 18: 20-22; Luke 6: 26

By greatMolly, # 29. March 2008, 01:40:12

"Contrary to the belief of some, the Church does not "create" saints, but simply applies the standard of gospel holiness to those God permits the Church to know are in heaven with Him. One principle way for God to affirm the presence of an individual in heaven with Him is through the performance of miracles through the intercession of that person." - http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap070400.htm

I have caught myself calling him a Saint already