rachael Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Tired Pope Beatifies Mel Gibon's 'Muse' [url="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=15&u=/nm/pope_beatifications_dc"]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...atifications_dc[/url] VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul (news - web sites), looking tired and speaking with difficulty, put five Catholics on the road to sainthood on Sunday, including the 19th century German mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson's film on Christ's passion. At the same ceremony in St Peter's Square, he beatified Austria's last emperor, Karl I. Some of Europe's current crowned heads and members of Italy's ex monarchy attended. As has become customary, the pope, who suffers from Parkinson's disease (news - web sites), did not read all the mass and what he did read was hard to understand. A cardinal celebrated part of the mass while the pope sat on a throne on the sidelines. Aides read part of his sermon in French, German and Spanish for the 84-year-old Roman Catholic leader before some 25,000 people gathered before Christendom's largest church. The most controversial of the five new beatified -- the last step before sainthood -- was Anne Catherine Emmerick, a sickly German mystic nun who lived from 1774 to 1824 and has been called "Mel's Muse." Gibson used her book, "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ," for inspiration in some of the most grisly details of the hit film to complement the gospel accounts. Emmerick, who is said to have had the bleeding wounds of Christ and to have survived long periods without eating, became a nun and her visions of Christ's passion and death were written down by poet Clemens Brentano and used in Gibson's film. The episode where Mary mops up her son's blood after his sadistic scourging came from Emmerick as did the hooded devil inciting Jews as they demanded Christ's crucifixion or following him as he carried his cross. JEWISH CONCERN Some Jewish leaders condemned Gibson's film, saying it would spur new forms of visceral anti-Semitism. They now fear that moving Emmerick closer to the glories of the altars, as sainthood is known, will only make matters worse. The Vatican (news - web sites) has rejected the charges and even some members of the Jewish community say they are exaggerated since Brentano probably embellished Emmerick's accounts. In the part of his homily read for him in German, the pope did not mention Emmerick's book, which has found a new readership among today's traditionalist Catholics. But he praised her pious character and concern for the poor. Emmerick was one of nine children born to poor farmers. The other controversial figure beatified on Sunday was born in a castle and ruled a large swath of central Europe. Critics have said the beatification of Karl I, last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was wrong because his army used poison gas during World War One. Some have lampooned him as "the patron saint of losers" because the empire then broke up. Karl mounted the throne in 1916 and made futile efforts the next year for peace talks with France and died in exile in 1922. The pope praised Karl as a man who sought peace and was guided by his Christian faith in his political decisions. "In his eyes, war was something horrible," the pope said. Also beatified were Pierre Vigne and Joseph-Marie Cassant, French priests who lived in the 17h and 19th centuries, and Maria Ludovica De Angelis, an Italian nun who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. The pope has now beatified some 1,340 people, more than all his predecessors combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 hrmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetarplayer Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Every article I've read about the pope has mentioned that he has Parkinson's disease. It's getting a little reduntant. -Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 I agree Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Parkinson's or not, he is one AWESOME and HOLY man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathoholic Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Yeah! and don't forget cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 How many years have they been calling the pope "sick" "ailing" and "tired" in the press? I lost count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 I kinda skip over that part, but it only shows that he is strong and he is not leaving until he completes his mission! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 He's been our Pope for 26 years this month... Way cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 So Dope! So Spin! What else can we say about our Holy Father??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 This is the best 1st B-day present in the history of the world. To bad I didn't appreciate it untill almost 3 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hey, I think you are Forgeting Christ there buddy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Christ was a gift to all of us, the moment we were born. John Paul II was a gift to us October 1978, the month of my first birthday, hence: [quote]This is the best 1st B-day present in the history of the world. To bad I didn't appreciate it untill almost 3 years ago! [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 okay... well... anyways... I feel dumb, oh well, taste of humble pie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 [quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Oct 4 2004, 02:25 AM'] okay... well... anyways... I feel dumb, oh well, taste of humble pie! [/quote] Don't feel dumb. My statement could have been easily misinterpeted, hence the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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