Mexican dioceses gather information for Pope John Paul's canonization

Published: 2005-06-30

MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The Mexican bishops' conference has embraced the process to canonize Pope John Paul II, with several dioceses gathering evidence of miracles attributed to the late pontiff. The Mexico City Archdiocese's Commission for the Causes of the Saints is preparing a book intended to support the canonization cause, the bishops' conference said June 28. Earlier the same day, the process to beatify and canonize Pope John Paul opened in Rome. "In such a short time, we already have ample information on testimonies of favors -- which the corresponding authorities will judge if they are authentic miracles -- and which would open the path toward beatification and soon afterward toward canonization," Bishop Jose Martin Rabago of Leon, president of the Mexican bishops' conference, said in a statement.

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