UM-Bot Posted March 25, 2015 #1 Share Posted March 25, 2015 A relic containing the blood of a 3rd century saint appeared to liquify after the Pope kissed it. The blood was that of St. Gennaro, a bishop of Naples who was thought to have been killed during persecution under the Roman Emperor Diocletian some time before the year 305. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/279671/pope-francis-credited-with-performing-miracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted March 25, 2015 #2 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Some sort of heat transfer or something? Weird. I'm fairy sure someone will find a scientific explanation to this. Did he "kiss it" to try to get it to liquify or did that just spontaneously happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted March 25, 2015 #3 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! You have got to be kidding me? Are we in the 12th century? "And for my next miracle, watch as I pull a rabbit out of this hat." Edited March 25, 2015 by OverSword 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talion78 Posted March 25, 2015 #4 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Maybe just bad halitosis. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted March 25, 2015 #5 Share Posted March 25, 2015 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! You have got to be kidding me? Are we in the 12th century? "And for my next miracle, watch as I pull a rabbit out of this hat." That made me laugh!I wasn't gonna say anything but... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSouls7 Posted March 25, 2015 #6 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Well it's about time he showed off some super natural ability! Use magicians and Wizards have been doing these things for centuries ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Winds Posted March 25, 2015 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Some sort of heat transfer or something? Weird. I think you have the answer right there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted March 25, 2015 #8 Share Posted March 25, 2015 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! You have got to be kidding me? Are we in the 12th century? "And for my next miracle, watch as I pull a rabbit out of this hat." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwkBL0VMXE (Couldn't resist)... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelnjones Posted March 25, 2015 #9 Share Posted March 25, 2015 its funny that i have seen this same miracle performed on Ripleys Believe it or Not. Has more to do with non-newtonian liquids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbenol Posted March 25, 2015 #10 Share Posted March 25, 2015 It is indeed a conjuring trick that the cathedral performs every year. And don't hold your breath for a scientific explanation.. The church has never allowed the samples to be independently analysed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee Posted March 25, 2015 #11 Share Posted March 25, 2015 . Don't Popes have to have a couple of miracles attributed to them before they can be canonized - made a saint - and hasn't Pope Francis hinted that he might not be around for much longer...? I'm sorry but I think this 'miracle' is a bit too convenient and a tad embarrassing ... . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenore Graves Posted March 25, 2015 #12 Share Posted March 25, 2015 But can he guess which card I'm holding up? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakazi Posted March 25, 2015 #13 Share Posted March 25, 2015 It is indeed a conjuring trick that the cathedral performs every year. And don't hold your breath for a scientific explanation.. The church has never allowed the samples to be independently analysed. Nothing suspicious about that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star of the Sea Posted March 25, 2015 #14 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) . Don't Popes have to have a couple of miracles attributed to them before they can be canonized - made a saint - and hasn't Pope Francis hinted that he might not be around for much longer...? I'm sorry but I think this 'miracle' is a bit too convenient and a tad embarrassing ... . Hi Bee, A Catholic can only become a Saint after they die. When prayers for intercession are heard and 2 miracles are confirmed. Edited March 25, 2015 by Star of the Sea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted March 25, 2015 #15 Share Posted March 25, 2015 This is such a load of crock. "Seen by several witnesses". Who are the witnesses? Are they devout Catholics, waiting for a miracle and seeing imaginary friends everywhere they look? Or are they impartial observers? I'll believe it when he demonstrates it to a group of scientists in a controlled situation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee Posted March 25, 2015 #16 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi Bee, A Catholic can only become a Saint after they die. When prayers for intercession are heard and 2 miracles are confirmed. Hiya - - - re becoming a saint after death - that's why I said that he had hinted that he wouldn't be around for much longer - I think he said a couple of years... if he needs two miracles then there will probably be another one soon ...? Maybe not though - because it seems that Pope's can be credited with performing miracles AFTER death as well... and then they can be made a saint... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/30/world/europe/vatican-popes-sainthood/index.html John Paul is said to have miraculously cured Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a French nun stricken by Parkinson's disease, several months after his death.The church says the second miracle occurred when a Costa Rican woman with a brain aneurism recovered after praying to John Paul . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star of the Sea Posted March 25, 2015 #17 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hiya - - - re becoming a saint after death - that's why I said that he had hinted that he wouldn't be around for much longer - I think he said a couple of years... if he needs two miracles then there will probably be another one soon ...? Maybe not though - because it seems that Pope's can be credited with performing miracles AFTER death as well... and then they can be made a saint... http://edition.cnn.c...hood/index.html . Hi Bee I don't think miracles whilst alive count, its only after a person dies. Someone alive has to pray to that 'departed' person for intercession, then if a miracle occurs, the 'said' person then becomes "beatified." You need one more miracle to take place then your worthy of 'Sainthood.' So, this 'so called miracle' that's just been attributed to Pope Francis doesn't count. Maybe he's just getting some practise in http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/the-process-of-becoming-a-saint.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galahad Posted March 25, 2015 #18 Share Posted March 25, 2015 love this pope...i suspect his greatest work will be the legacy he leaves for future generations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted March 25, 2015 #19 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Guess which figure I'm holding up??? Anybody?? Can You Guess??? Betcha can't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted March 25, 2015 #20 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) For his next trick, He (da Pope) will traverse space and time after guessing correctly at 3 card Monty. Edited March 25, 2015 by ancient astronaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careful_perspective Posted March 26, 2015 #21 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) I really love this Pope too, and perhaps it was a miracle, who knows. Edited March 26, 2015 by woodsbooger 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Cooper Merrin Posted March 26, 2015 #22 Share Posted March 26, 2015 he could have levitated, turned water into lager, spontaneously combusted.....but no....he made a liquid a little less viscous with the heat from his hand! Things have gotten a little less exciting since that guy fed 5000 people with some sardines and a baguette! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharksandwich Posted March 26, 2015 #23 Share Posted March 26, 2015 What I find hard to believe is not "miracles" like this, but the certainty of what happens in the afterlife- the 72 virgins, time spent in purgatory, etc. I can expect a bit of hocus pocus to sell the snake oil that is religion, but I find it hard to accept the certainty all religions have about the afterlife-it seems they have very definite views about something no one has ever reported back on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Cooper Merrin Posted March 26, 2015 #24 Share Posted March 26, 2015 What I find hard to believe is not "miracles" like this, but the certainty of what happens in the afterlife- the 72 virgins, time spent in purgatory, etc. I can expect a bit of hocus pocus to sell the snake oil that is religion, but I find it hard to accept the certainty all religions have about the afterlife-it seems they have very definite views about something no one has ever reported back on. Who would want 72 virgins? Give me 2 fire breathing whores anyday 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talion78 Posted March 26, 2015 #25 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Hey what is a miracle, is that anybody believes this is a miracle......so technically he has done a miracle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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