Via BBC News The late Pope, John Paul II, has been officially beatified at a ceremony at the Vatican in front of hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful. Among those at St Peter’s Square is French nun Marie Simon-Pierre, who says she was cured of Parkinson’s Disease. Her apparently miraculous cure is part of the […]

via upi.com     There was a festive air in Rome Saturday, the day before the Catholic Church gains six new saints, including the first for Australia, observers said. The Catholic News Agency reported a sense of excitement was palpable in the streets of Rome where Catholic pilgrims, many of them wearing colored caps or […]