May 16, 2004

by Reb Yudel
You say saint, we say shmuck....

In the latest reminder that the dash in "Judaeo-Christian morality" passes over a lot of graves, Pope John Paul II has made a saint of a woman who died after refusing an abortion.
The Vatican has long championed the case of Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian pediatrician who died in 1962 at the age of 39 - a week after giving birth to her fourth child. Doctors had told her it was dangerous to proceed with the pregnancy because she had a tumour in her uterus, but she insisted on carrying the baby to term. In proclaiming her a saint, John Paul praised her "extreme sacrifice" and her simple but profound message.
The Independent reminds us that
The Pope has made creating new role models one of the hallmarks of his papacy. He has now proclaimed 482 saints in his 25-year pontificate, more than all his predecessors over the past 500 years combined.
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