Wherefore we again and most earnestly exhort the ordinaries of the dioceses and the heads of religious congregations to use the utmost vigilance over teachers, and first of all in the seminaries; and should they find any of them imbued with the errors of the modernists and eager for what is new and noxious, or lacking in docility to the prescriptions of the Apostolic See, in whatsoever way published, let them absolutely forbid the teaching office to such; so, too, let them exclude from sacred orders those young men who give the very faintest reason for doubt that they favor condemned doctrines and pernicious novelties. (Pope St. Pius X PRAESTANTIA SCRIPTURAE)
Giuseppe Sarto (Pius X) was a man of a simple background who did not let the “sophisticated” men of his day muddle the Church’s teaching by fancy verbiage. He eminated the natural “Sensus Catholicus” of the common man, akin to the reaction of organism when a disease is introduced. This “Catholic Sense” is a virtue we should all cultivate at this time when the wolves are prowling. It took almost 40 years before he was canonized by Pius XII…ahem..ahem….to the JPII “The Superest Pope Ever, he should have been Canonized by now” crowd out there. A complete lack of historical context. There are Martyrs that have yet to be Canonized, do you not see anything wrong with this picture? I am in no way saying JPII should/should not be, just let the process take it’s natural course, and stop yammering about, it’s obnoxious.
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Ken: I agree that the process for canonizing the late Holy Father, John Paul II should run a natural course. The process we have in place is there for a reason. We need to be careful and sure. Popularity does not, necessarily, a Saint make.
True, but the process now can be one-sided. There is no Devil’s Advocate looking for not-so-good things. Popularity is indeed making a Saint, I’m afraid. I am very leary of any Churchman this is held in high esteem by the Secular, the Moslem, the Buddhist, by any non-Catholic entity/mindset. That alone speaks volumes. Again, not up to me, but I have never prayed that St. John the Baptist would protect Islam (as he did), but what do I know? I’m just a decently cathecized layman.
The “fast track” approach to the cause of JPII will do him and the church a mortal harm. His was the third longest pontificate. It took more than 1 century just to beatify Pius IX, and his was the second longest, and even John XXIII took 37 years to beatify, but his was short papacy. We will see what is the matter of what Benedict XVI is really made with this case.
Hopefully they take their time, and really look at his pontificate in an objective manner. With so many martrys not being publicly beatified by the Church yet, to “fast track” a man, albeit a pope, who basically died of old age just seems wrong-headed.
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