[lbo-talk] waiting for a miracle

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 27 20:32:38 PDT 2009


The evil eye is superstition but intercession from beyond the grave is not?

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-miracle28-2009aug28,0,2804203.story

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Serra, the revered and reviled Franciscan priest who founded California's missions, has one officially recognized miracle to his name. A nun in St. Louis was healed of lupus after praying to him, leading to Serra's beatification in 1987.

But sainthood requires a second miracle, defined by the church as an event that cannot be explained by science but can be attributed to the candidate's intercession from beyond the grave. Two years ago, Serra advocates thought they had found one. A Denver woman who had prayed to Serra delivered a healthy baby, despite a dire prognosis. The case went to Rome, but physicians for the Vatican concluded it was not a miracle.

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