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For those of us unversed in the catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, all three newscasts offered a quick primer following the Vatican's certification that it was indeed a miracle that cured Sister Marie Simone Pierre of her Parkinson's Disease. The miracle was attributed to the late pope, John Paul II, who died of Parkinsonism. The fact that the cure happened in answer to the nun's prayers to him proves that he is already in heaven, thus evidence of his sanctity. A first proven miracle means that John Paul can now be beatified. A second, after beatification, will qualify him for canonization.
Is that clear? NBC's Anne Thompson covered the cure but posted no videostream online. CBS' Mark Phillips mentioned the scandalous priestly pedophilia during John Paul's papacy, for balance. ABC's Miguel Marquez was the most ecclesiastically technical, telling us about postulators and devil's advocates and the four required attributes of a physical event for it to qualify as miraculous.
There will be a test this afternoon.
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