Pick apart a Pope for a souvenir day is coming soon!
I like my Catholic friends but it’s stuff like this that makes me glad I’m not a follower of the Papacy…
Faithful attending the beatification of Pope John Paul in Rome will be able to pray before his coffin, which will be exhumed for the event, the Vatican said on Friday. The Vatican also warned the faithful around the world not to fall prey to fraudsters, particularly on the Internet, who are selling tickets to the beatification ceremony on May 1. ”For the beatification Mass of Pope John Paul II, as made clear from the outset, no tickets are required,” the Vatican said. It said people should also steer clear of tour operators promising to procure tickets as part of their packages.
First, every believer is, by definition, a ‘saint’, a person set apart by God (in his divine election). And second, digging up someone’s coffin so people can pray in front of it is just plain old idolatrous. I wonder how many people will dig splinters off the coffin and sell them on Ebay?
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