John Paul II

1.

In early 2006, it was reported that the Vatican was investigating a possible miracle associated with John Paul II. A French nun, confined to her bed by Parkinson's Disease or a neurological condition with similar symptoms which can go into remission, is reported to have experienced a "complete and lasting cure after members of her community prayed for the intercession of Pope John Paul II".[7][16][17] The nun was later identified as Sister Marie Simon-Pierre.

Sister Marie Simon Pierre is a member of the Congregation of Little Sisters of Catholic Maternity Wards from Puyricard, near Aix-en-Provence.[18] Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, 46, is working again, now in Paris at a maternity hospital run by her order.[19] She met reporters 30 March 2006 in Aix-en-Provence, during a press conference with Archbishop of Aix Claude Feidt.[20][21]

“I was sick and now I am cured,” she told reporters. “I am cured, but it is up to the church to say whether it was a miracle or not.”[20]

It has been suggested,[22] however, that Sister Marie Simon-Pierre did not have Parkinson's Disease as there is no easy way to accurately diagnose the disease short of medical autopsy. Sister Marie Simon-Pierre also suffered a relapse[23] though the Episcopal Conference of France disputed that the relapse (which would have thrown the purportedly miraculous nature of the cure into doubt) was anything more than a rumor.

2.

On the fourth anniversary of Pope John Paul's death, 2 April 2009, Dziwisz told reporters of a presumed miracle that had recently occurred at the former pope's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica.[20][26][27][28][29][30][31] A nine-year-old Polish boy from Gdańsk, who was suffering from kidney cancer and was completely unable to walk, had been visiting the tomb with his parents. On leaving St. Peter's Basilica, the boy told them, "I want to walk", and began walking normally.

Pope Francis

During a visit to Naples Cathedral, the pontiff venerated a vial of blood belonging to the Neapolitan patron St. Gennaro, who was once the bishop of Naples until he was martyred in 305, and it began to liquify. The dry blood turned to liquid after the pontiff prayed the "Our Father" over it and kissed the relic, prompting the Archbishop of Naples, Crescenzio Sepe, to declare the rare phenomenon a miracle.

"The blood has half liquified, which shows that Saint Januarius loves our pope and Naples," said Sepe whilst showing the sealed glass ampoule to congregants.

Lol.

 

 

LMAO! Sister Marie Simon either didn't have Parkinson's or had it to such a mild extent that a "cure" wouldn't even be noticeable. Obviously some acting is going on too because she has an AGENDA to push bible lunacy just like all Christians!

Having kidney cancer has NOTHING to do with being unable to walk so the kid was faking. Dried blood liquifying is nothing but a fabrication or some hocus pocus where they added water to it!

Because the religious people restrict access. Scientists who aren't part of the church aren't allowed to study evidence for miracles.

The problem is this: The office of pope is completely unbiblical.

The Bible mentions 2 offices for the NT church. The first office is Bishop, which literally translates to overseer, and the second office is deacon, which can be summed up as servant leader.

Paul addressed 2 epistles to Timothy, mentoring Timothy in the capacity of leading the church. One key thing that Paul says to him in 1 Timothy 2:5 is "There is ONE God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"

If there is only one mediator between God and men, and it's Christ, how can a Catholic priest take on the role of mediator in a "confession".

1 Tim 3:2 says "A Bishop must then be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach"

So if, in order to oversee a church a bishop must be married, why does Catholic doctrine forbid marriage?

According to verse 12 of the same chapter, a deacon must also be married

 

 

the problem with this argument is that the catholic church also recognizes tradition as an authority alongside the bible, much as rabbinical judaism recognizes oral as well as written torah. in fact, there is no biblical basis for the doctrine of sola scriptura. while the new testament does say that scripture is a valid source for teaching, etc., nowhere does it say it is the only source. so the ironic thing about the protestant conception of the bible is that one of its key doctrines, that the bible is the ONLY valid source of doctrine, is extra-biblical (and doesn't even have the merit of being traditional).