tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31210316.post7782461311395285993..comments2023-08-02T05:02:41.706-05:00Comments on Reasons and Opinions: Pope on Oscar Romeroshadhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933715508568783990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31210316.post-90736230894265826022007-05-19T21:50:00.000-05:002007-05-19T21:50:00.000-05:00Antonio,The pill is inscribed with a prayer as you...Antonio,<BR/><BR/>The pill is inscribed with a prayer as you quoted but Catholics don't consider the Virgin Mary to be a second God. They ask that she will pray for them. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure that there are plenty of people who ingest the pills & nothing happens to them. The point is for people to have faith that God will help them, paper pill or not. But, if they were to be cured of whatever it is that they are suffering, they should be sure to remember that its not the paper pill, but God that has done the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31210316.post-68315531503822751592007-05-18T07:50:00.000-05:002007-05-18T07:50:00.000-05:00Have you seen the Paulist film, "Romero"? It's dar...Have you seen the Paulist film, "Romero"? It's dark, yet very poignant as Romero has a Quo Vadis moment when he knows that continuing to speak for justice will lead to his martyrdom, and marches resolutely into the jaws of death.Leticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170455690163831806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31210316.post-22878385922176343252007-05-10T14:38:00.000-05:002007-05-10T14:38:00.000-05:00While Bishop Romero's courage is certainly to be a...While Bishop Romero's courage is certainly to be admired, the process for canonization and beatification reeks of blatant political pandering if not outright idolatry.<BR/><BR/>As an example, the canonization of 'Frei Galvao', described in the following press release, seems to be based on nothing more than the superstitious belief in the efficacy of talismans and potions. <BR/><BR/><B><BR/>Benedict XVI will canonize the first Brazilian-born saint in church history during his five-day trip, on May 11: an 18th century Franciscan named Antonio de Sant’Anna Galvao, or “Frei Galvao,” whose claim to fame is that he developed a paper “pill” inscribed with a prayer to the Virgin Mary, which devotees ingest in hopes of a miracle. The pills are reputed to have cured everything from depression to hepatitis.</B>Antonio Manettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487502995709519940noreply@blogger.com