31-08-2016 18:12 via thestranger.com

NPR Believes in Miracles

by Dan SavageThis is some People-Magazine-level credulousness, NPR:
Humanitarian work alone, however, is not sufficient for canonization in the Catholic Church. Normally, a candidate must be associated with at least two miracles. The idea is that a person worthy of sainthood must demonstrably be in heaven, actually interceding with God on behalf of those in need of healing. In Mother Teresa's case, a woman in India whose stomach tumor disappeared and a man in Brazil with brain abscesses who awok
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