Blessed John Paul II

Missed the beatification ceremony because Italians are weird and do everything in the middle of the night. However, I'm glad JPII has been honored thus. It is piquant to see that the National Catholic Reporter and Robert Sungenis are on exactly the same page in their loathing for the man (and in their growing loathing for his successor). That just tells me that, on the whole, he lived a holy life (not a perfect one, but a holy one).

Bl. JPII, pray for us.

Here's a little story from just one of the billions he touched.