Polish author says book of miracles shows human side of late pontiff

Published: 2006-03-24

OXFORD, England (CNS) -- A Polish Catholic journalist whose new book has documented miracles of healing attributed to Pope John Paul II said the book shows the very human side of the late pontiff. "Whether or not we see these stories as miraculous signs, they show the human dimension of this pontificate -- how the pope was close to people and touched their lives," said author Pawel Zuchniewicz. "The Miracles of John Paul II," issued by Warsaw-based publishers, includes examples of healings attributed to the pontiff's intervention before and after his death April 2, 2005. In the book, Kay Kelly of Liverpool, England, describes how she recovered from what was thought to be terminal cancer after praying with the pope in March 1979, and a mother from Mexico's Zacatecas state, Heron Badillo, recounts how her son overcame leukemia after meeting the pope in 1990.

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