dead nuns and doctors

Seems Mary McKillop has been up to good again. I thought the operation to seperate conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna was an incredible medical achievement carried out by a team of highly trained and skilled surgeons. Apparently the success was due to the intervention of Mary McKillop, a nun who has been dead for over a hundred years. Just goes to show what I know. She has an impressive track record does Blessed Mary. She has cured inoperable cancer and leukemia and saved a child who has horrific burns after being involved in a car accident. Sadly, Mary was unable to save the kids legs. I'd like to know how many people have died after being prayed for and ask the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart to try and exaplain to me Mary's selection criteria. Presumably in the case of the twins she was watching tele and thought this joined-at-the-head-op was a bit cool.

While the nuns are at it they can explain to me the differences between their believe system, witchcraft and voodoo.

Blessed Eminem is up for canonisation. This from the progress report on the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart's website

In September 2008, this book was given to two doctors, chosen by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. These doctors scrutinised the documents and had access to all X-rays, scans and medical reports from the cured person as well as other references to the illness from medical literature. They were asked to give an opinion on the question, “Can the cure be explained by scientific or medical means?” When the doctors concluded that the cure could not be explained by medical or scientific means, all the material was further studied and discussed by a Medical Board, whose members were also chosen by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

Let me get this right; we make the leap of faith (ha!) that if something cannot be explained by medical or scientific means we can attribute it to the intervention of a dead nun? You're fucking joking, right?

But wait, theres more; apparently she has brought a bashed Irishman out of a coma. She would have heard about him from the TV news. According to the website.

Doctors had advised them (the parents) that there was no hope for their son.

Can't find any mention of that in the news coverage, just that he was and continues to get medical treatment. Maybe Mazza jumped in a bit quick on this one.

I feel a slight pang of guilt when I consider the could-be-levelled accusation that I am having a pop at that which provides comfort to people in times of need. But only a very slight pang. "If in doubt then dead nun" is utterly propostrous and I wish it was not presented as news.