There is no clearer case of the lunatics running the asylum than the Catholic church being able to beatify its own fucking priests. Sheesh. Talk about self-congratulatory.
What would his corpse have to do with anything? Soul leaves body, body becomes dead meat, right? Catholics are so un-Christian sometimes it freaks my nontheist self out.
Don't they have to see if his body has remained uncorrupted since death? Or is that no longer a requirement to be considered for sainthood? I know JPII himself had low standards: he beatified and saintified just about anybody.
One of the candidates for sainthood used to play bridge with my parents, and was the brother of my Great Aunt. When it comes time to sell Mom's house, I'm going to find a hardcore Catholic realtor, and publicize the fact that a hopefully-by-then saint used to hang out there. That can probably bring us an extra 20k.
@2 Grasping at straws. Dead, desicated, hideous straws. Even as more priests are being exposed for rape of a child, they look for ways to pump up their sucker followers.
Actually, it's nothing new. There's a convent in Missouri that has the skeleton of a saint or something displayed on the altar. It's done tastefully for that sort of thing, but it's still a skeleton.
Actually, the combination of the macabre and show biz is one of the few things I like about the church.
That unction is extreme.
Actually, the combination of the macabre and show biz is one of the few things I like about the church.
also, i would totally play a zombie pope video game.