French nun cured by miracle to speak at John Paul II prayer vigil
(April 06, 2011) :The French nun, whose healing was accepted as the miracle needed for Pope John Paul II's May 1st beatification, will share her story with pilgrims at a prayer vigil in Rome the night before the beatification Mass. Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal vicar for Rome, said the April 30th vigil would include the precious testimony of Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the former papal spokesman; Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, who was the pope's personal secretary for almost 40 years; and Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, the member of the Little Sisters of the Catholic Motherhood, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and believes she was cured in 2005 through the intercession of Pope John Paul II.
Cardinal Vallini, other officials from the Rome diocese and Jesuit priest, Fr.Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, held a news conference on Tuesday (April 5) to discuss the details of Pope John Paul's beatification and other events surrounding the ceremony. After the prayer vigil at Rome's Circus Maximus, eight churches located between the vigil site and the Vatican will remain open all night for pilgrims to pray, the cardinal said.
Fr.Lombardi told reporters that the grotto under St. Peter's Basilica would be closed to the public April 29 and 30, as Vatican workmen prepare to move Pope John Paul's casket from its grotto burial site to the chapel of St. Sebastian on the main floor of the basilica. The body of Blessed Innocent XI, who originally was buried in the chapel, will be transferred April 8 to the Altar of the Transfiguration, closer to the main altar, Fr. Lombardi said.
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