Nun Credits Pope John Paul With Healing Her Parkinson’s Disease
ROME (AP) It’s one of the Roman Catholic Church’s closely guarded secrets: the identity of the French nun whose testimony of an inexplicable cure from Parkinson’s disease is likely to be accepted as the miracle the Vatican needs to beatify Pope John Paul the Second.
The nun is expected to be in Rome for ceremonies Monday marking the second anniversary of the pontiff’s death and the closure of a church investigation into his life — a probe that was ordered after chants of “Sainthood Now!” erupted during John Paul’s 2005 funeral.
It’s not clear whether the nun will come forward publicly next week, or leave the faithful with only an anonymous written description of her cure from a disease John Paul lived with for years.
The Vatican requires that a miracle attributed to his intercession be confirmed before he can be beatified, the last formal step before possible sainthood.
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