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[fragmentsofdreams]

I responded to this article in another thread, but I'll do it again.

The BBC article shows repeated ignorance to the process of cannonization.

He said Ms Besra was admitted to hospital with chronic headaches and severe abdominal pain at least a year after Mother Teresa's death.

This is presented as evidence that the miracle is false. However, miracles are used as evidence that a person is in Heaven (and able to intercede). Therefore, miracles used for cannonization have to happen after the person's death.

He says Mother Teresa could be considered for sainthood for her services to the poor, adding that it was an insult to her legacy to bestow her sainthood on false claims of miracles.

This is wrong. The process of cannonization requires miracles as evidence. Saying that the Church can declare her a saint because of her work with the poor is as ignorant as saying the US should declare Ralph Nader president because he campaigned really hard. That is not the way things work.

My guess is that this group has decided that miracles do not exist and does not care about the evidence, sort of a atheistic version of creationists.

As to the claim of the other article:

“Tuberculosis affected other parts of her body too, causing the lump to develop and pain in abdomen which subsided following anti-tuberculosis treatment given by us and NBUMCH,” a doctor told TNN.

I don't have access to the evidence, so I can't evaluate this claim. Both sides have motive to overstate their case.

 

[crazyfingers]

Originally posted by fragmentsofdreams
Therefore, miracles used for cannonization have to happen after the person's death.

How on Earth would anyone be able to demonstrate that a dead person was the cause of a miracle? 

 

[fragmentsofdreams]

Originally posted by crazyfingers
How on Earth would anyone be able to demonstrate that a dead person was the cause of a miracle? 

The Church uses a variety of ways. I don't know what the official requirements are, but I'll try to describe some ways that a particular person could be tied to a miracle. If the sick person asked for the possible saint's intercession (and no one else's), if a relic (or in this case, a photo) was involved, if there was a vision (also in this case). Any of these could link a miracle to a deceased person. As I said, I don't know exactly how the Church goes from the claim of a miracle to its certification, so I can't be more specific.

 

[LouisBooth]

"I think that you simply decided to broaden the topic on your own."

Nope, just quoted you and the article, maybe you should be more specific in your language?