8.13. What about miracles, canonizations, and saintly figures under the post-Vatican II popes? Doesn't this prove they have divine approval?
Miracles and canonizations can be misunderstood or even manipulated. Scripture warns us:
“For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce (if it were possible) even the elect.”
Satan can produce false signs to validate false religions.
Canonizations before Vatican II involved rigorous, infallible procedures. But the process was substantially changed under John Paul II. The theological notes of infallibility applied to past canonizations no longer clearly apply when new, invalid processes and questionable theology are involved.
For example, canonizing someone who promoted ecumenism or the new Mass—which contradict traditional Catholic teaching—raises serious doubts about the process and the one declaring it. Holiness must be objectively measured by conformity to Catholic truth—not by popularity, activism, or subjective impressions.
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