TODAY IN ROME SAINT PAUL VI WAS RECOGNIZED AS A GREAT SAINT. The canonization ceremony was attended by thousands.
Earlier this year the Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved the second miracle needed for the canonization of then Pope Blessed Paul VI.
The second miracle - (an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to intercession to Divine Agency) - is the healing of an unborn child in the fifth month of pregnancy. The case was brought forward in 2014 for study.
The mother, originally from Verona Italy, suffered an illness which risked her own life and the life of her unborn child. She was advised by doctors to have an abortion.
A few days after the beatification of Pope Paul VI, the mother went to pray for his intercession on her and her child's behalf, to God. She prayed at the Shrine of Holy Mary of Grace in Brescia, Italy. Her baby daughter was later born in good health, and continues in good health. The healing was ruled as medically inexplicable.(1)
Saint of the Unborn Child
The first miracle attributed to the intercession of Saint Paul VI took place during the 1990's in California. A then-unborn child was discovered to have a serious health problem which posed a high risk of brain damage. Physicians advised that the child be aborted, but the mother entrusted her pregnancy to Saint Paul VI.
The child was born without problems, and continues in good health. He is considered completely healed. [1]
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI was born Giovanni Montini in 1897 in the town of Concesio in the Lombardy region of Italy. He was ordained a priest at the age of 22, served as Archbishop of Milan before his election as pope in 1963. [1] Pope Paul VI was elevated to the papacy after the demise of Saint John XXIII.
Vatican Council II was automatically interrupted and suspended upon the death of Saint John XXIII, the pope who convened it. Saint Paul VI immediately announced that Vatican Council II would continue. Saint Paul VI's opening address on 29 September 1963 stressed the pastoral nature of the council, and set out four purposes for it:
- to define more fully the nature of the Church and the role of the bishop
- to renew the Church
- to restore unity among Christians
- to start a dialogue with the contemporary world. [2]
After years of ministry which saw the encyclical Humanae Vitae [3] prophesy the moral laws which govern the transmission of life, Pope Paul VI passed away in 1978.
Saint of the Prolife Movement
Saint Paul VI has long been hailed as the Saint of the Prolife movement. It is only just and fitting that this holy prophet today received the highest honor this world has to offer - unequivocal recognition of his legacy in perpetuity.
[1] Vatican Saints' Congregation Approves Miracle No. 2 for Blessed Paul VI
[2] Second Vatican Council
[3] Humanae Vitae
[4] Saint of the Unborn Child - Pope Paul VI
[5] Prayer to Blessed Paul VI for your unborn child
[6] Pope Paul VI set for sainthood, miracle identified
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