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Idolatrie // Capsule containing Pope John Paul II’s blood heading to Mexico – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
►http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/10/capsule-containing-pope-john-paul-iis-blood-heading-to-mexico

A capsule containing the blood of Pope John Paul II will be flown to Mexico next week and displayed in more than 100 locations across the country, officials announced Tuesday.

The blood - drawn in a hospital before the pope’s death in 2005 - will be on view in Mexico until mid-December, the country’s Catholic Bishops Council said.

#religion

Peruvian president calls bin Laden killing #miracle from Pope John Paul II – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
►http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/02/peruvian-president-calls-bin-laden-killing-miracle-from-pope-joh

While many world leaders praised the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden, the president of Peru went a step further on Monday, calling the development the first miracle of Pope John Paul II since he was beatified last weekend.

“I have said that his first miracle has been to remove from the Earth this demonic incarnation of crime, evil and hatred,” Peruvian president Alan Garcia said, according to CNN affiliate America TV in Peru.

#wtf #religion

Now, doesn’t that make me feel better. There’s an irony in this, though.

BBC News - Mugabe in Rome for beatification of Pope John Paul II
►http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13248101

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II.

An EU travel ban forbids him from visiting member states but the Vatican, where the ceremony will take place, is a sovereign state and not in the EU.

Mr Mugabe, a Roman Catholic, has been allowed to transit through Italy.