Flood of letters on ‘medical miracles’ of JP II

HUNDREDS of letters and emails testifying to the late Pope John Paul II’s saintliness have arrived in Rome in recent weeks in support of his beatification cause.

These include reports of possible medical miracles attributed to him, the Polish cleric spearheading his case said yesterday.

Monsignor Slawomir Oder said his office had been overwhelmed by an "explosion" of correspondence since the public was invited to write to the Diocese of Rome about John Paul's virtues last month.