Nun: Praying to John Paul II healed


January 18, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France

A French nun says she felt new inner strength and vitality as her Parkinson’s disease suddenly disappeared in 2005 — a recovery the Vatican attributes to the miraculous intercession of Pope John Paul II.

Sister Marie Simon-Pierre told reporters in an appearance Monday that she felt “reborn” on waking June 3, 2005, after she had prayed for healing to John Paul.