Dear Ones: These are amazing "coincidences". Perhaps there is no such thing as coincidence. Please read the links below and then my comments below the links. http://www.thegoodcatholiclife.com/2013/03/09/mass-at-the-tomb-of-blessed-john-paul-ii/ http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/26/sainthood-explained-understanding-john-paul-iis-beatification/ http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/bresciani/130316 http://www.kuam.com/story/21850502/2013/04/02/island-remembers-pope-john-paul-ii http://www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com/16_JohnPaulII.pdf http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013:14-15,%20revelation%2014:9-11,%20revelation%2015:2,%20revelation%2016:2,%20revelation19:20,%20revelation%2020:4&version=NIV Once they make Pope John Paul a saint, the Catholic church will set up statues of him in their churches and people will pray to him to intercede for them instead of praying to God/Jesus. They have been praying to saints for years, but not to a "saint" who spouted heretical statements as an " infallible" figurehead of the Church. Michael Ruane listed in one of articles above could be "healed" of his cancer and it be attributed as a second miracle needed to make Pope John Paul a saint. They have been pushing/rushing things along to declare sainthood for Pope John Paul. Is not the Catholic church like the Sadduces and Pharasees of the Jews? I think the blessing in Revelation is that if you "watch", as commanded by God in Revelation, during the generation that will not pass away until all of these things are fulfilled, you will be able to see and identify the prophecies as they are being fulfilled. What an awesome blessing! So many say that the US is not in the Bible. They are wrong. The US is the gentile nation that was founded on God but has turned away like the Jewish nation rejected the Messiah. God went first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. Try reading Revelation where it talks about Babylon and substitute the US. Much love and many prayers, Joan