that god intervenes against the laws of the natural world. Wonder why people don't understand the scientific realities of the world? This is part of the problem.

Jules: Man, I just been sitting here thinking.
Vincent: About what?
Jules: About the miracle we just witnessed.
Vincent: The miracle you witnessed. I witnessed a freak occurrence.
Jules: What is a miracle, Vincent?
Vincent: An act of God.
Jules: And what's an act of God?
Vincent: When God makes the impossible possible. But this morning, I don't think it qualifies.
Jules: Hey, Vincent, don't you see? That shit don't matter. You're judging this shit the wrong way. I mean, it could be that God stopped the bullets, or He changed Coke to Pepsi, He found my fucking car keys. You don't judge shit like this based on merit. Now, whether or not what we experienced was an "according to Hoyle" miracle is insignificant. What is significant is that I felt the touch of God. God got involved.
Vincent: But why?
Jules: Well, that's what's fucking with me. I don't know why, but I can't go back to sleep.

Though still like Reservoir Dogs better.

I'm all fine with that as long as Catholics realize that's the case and that calling JPII a saint and claiming he miraculously healed those people is ridiculous and meaningless to me.

He "felt the touch of god" because he was place in a highly stressful situation. Science and psychology explain "why" humans attribute agency to stressful situations. See The Believing Brain by Michael Schumer fr details.

The point is that there are more plausible and empiric reasons than "god did it", which is the intellectually laziest explanation.

I subscribe to this view.

The decision to make JP II a saint was made before the formal process ever started. Ginning up a couple of "miracles" to close the deal was just a formality. If you wave your hands over enough sick people, some of them are bound to get better.

It's voted on in the Vatican? What happens in Heaven after they get the nod? What about those who performed miracles but the investigations didn't uncover them. Are they denied sainthood due to a clerical error. and what about all those Saints that didn't exist, yet people prayed to them and some claimed miracles brought by them? Don't you think God could have let the Pope or someone know they weren't real?

Sainthood seems like a curious thing full of quandries.

with Pius XII who is never going to get it owing to his role during WW2 . I think it was Benedict that de-linked John XXIII and Pius, pairing him with JP II instead

Or did he perform his miracles on you?

And did you really think being made a "saint" had anything to do with deserving it?

God doesn't tell me things.

by the Episcopal Church.

Angelo Roncalli, Bishop at Rome, feast day 4 June.

He was a good natured soul.