Pope Francis Declares 2 Popes Saints

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19. So I did a google search and here's what I found:

"The Costa Rican grandmother claims that miracle took place after she was told by doctors that she had less than a month to live, a written statement distributed by the church attests.

"However, her neurosurgeon, Alejandro Vargas, denies he ever told his pious patient any such thing.

"Though Vargas does admit Mora's condition was potentially fatal, he says he predicted only a two percent chance that the aneurysm would kill her, possibly bleeding into her brain within a year of the diagnosis, Reuters reported."

Source - The Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357226/Costa-Rican-woman-claims-late-Pope-John-Paul-II-cured-fatal-brain-aneurysm-make-eligible-sainthood.html#ixzz308G7IhJw

The Giuseppe Zannini "confirmation" is even more laughable:

"Sister Caterina was hospitalized and underwent an operation which lasted for five hours. The inside of her stomach was completely covered with a strange and rare form of ulcerous tumours, caused, perhaps, by the improper functioning of the pancreas and spleen. The Professor was obliged to remove her stomach, except for a small piece the size of a prune. He also removed the pancreas and spleen. The esophagus was connected directly to the part of the intestine known as the fasting. It was also necessary to cut the aorta and connect it to the hollow part, making a deviation of the blood circulation. It was a delicate operation and the probabilities for the patient to come out of the operating room alive were quite slim.

"Before the operation, Sister Caterina tells us, I had prayed to the Holy Virgin of Pompei, to whom I am very devout. The day after the operation, while I was thanking the Virgin for having come through the operation safely, a Sister from our Congregation told me: It was Pope John who saved you. I had placed his image on the bed of the operating room and had continued to pray throughout the operation." http://www.saintanthonyofpadua.net/messaggero/pagina_stampa.asp?R=&ID=80

Idiot - she "thanks the Virgin" for having come through the operation. Apparently, no thanks for the doctor who operated, though.

The story goes on: she felt better, then worse, then better, etc. She went through a number of surgeries. Guess what? All those surgeries eventually added up and cured her, not some visit from Pope John's ghost. Nowhere in the link I provided does Zannini say it was a miracle that she survived.

Childish bullshit. The rants of a nun who is predisposed to believe in such shit and who gives no credit to the surgeons who operated on her and gave her a chance to survive. This is what you're hanging your rah-rah-religion hat on?