He is the saint that is supposed to bring blessings to the Vatican priesthood. His skeleton is kept for display, but the skull is covered by a mask. His heart has been cut out.

Bishop William E. Lori’s message on the Aug. 4th, during the memorial Mass for all deceased Knights of Columbus. The crowed was gathered to celebrate the feast of St. John Vianney.
“Just as you, dear members of the family of the Knights of Columbus: Stand in solidarity with the Holy Father, your bishops, and your priests, so too we stand in solidarity with you, in a solidarity of that love which overflows from the heart of Jesus and leads us and our loved ones to joys of everlasting life,”.

Source: CNA
My comment:
There are 1,8 million members of the Knights of Columbus Worldwide. Most of them live in the US, and have formed one of the strongest Roman Catholic lobby groups on the planet.
The saint, who is the knight that secure blessings for the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, needs to get some fresh exposure.
This is what a Catholic site has recorded:
The body of Saint John Mary Vianney wearing a wax mask, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. The body is entombed above the main altar in the Basilica at Ars, France.
On 4 August 1859, Vianney died at age 73. Before he was buried Vianney was fitted with a wax mask.
Biographers recorded miracles performed throughout his life, obtaining money for his charities and food for his orphans; he had supernatural knowledge of the past and future, and could heal the sick, especially children.
On 3 October 1874 Pope Pius IX proclaimed him Venerable; on 8 January 1905, Pope Pius X declared him Blessed and proposed him as a model to the parochial clergy; in 1925 Pope Pius XI canonized him.
Source: SMWA.org
This is what Associated Press (AP) recorded in 2006:
(AP) MERRICK, N.Y. In life, St. John Vianney was a revered 19th-century French clergyman who was said to be blessed with the ability to read the hearts of worshipers. In death, his own heart has became an object of worship.
For reasons unknown, Vianney’s body never decayed after death, and his heart and body have been encased in separate glass reliquaries in France for more than a century.
The heart and Vianney’s chalice will be placed at the front of the altar, where people can alternately walk past the relics and pray, or attend various Masses and other events commemorating the visit. The brownish heart, with just a hint of pink in the middle, sits in a small glass case.
Vianney was the 19th century CurÄe (curate, or pastor) of the village of Ars in France, and died there in 1859. When his body was exhumed in 1904 because of his pending beatification, it was found intact. Except for one time in 1925, when the heart was taken to Rome for Vianney’s canonization, it has never left France.
Source: Free Republic.com.
My comment:
This is the second time I write about this “saint”. The interesting side of the story is related to the cut out heart, and how a priest place this object on the altar, folds his hands and starts to pray.




First: We are faced with a dead body with a mask. A skeleton, dressed up with black shoes and pants.
Since there are plenty of not dressed skeletons within the Roman Catholic Church, we need to question the need for giving this skeleton a plastic face, and long white hair. Surely not his real hair, but a wig I presume.
That the Associated Press writes that this skeleton is an “object of worship”, will by the Vatican be explained as a spiritual misunderstanding. We all need to be guided into the Catholic understanding of worship, which is not adoration, and visa versa.
To adore a skeleton, is anyhow a strange thing to do. Since Jesus plainly said: “Let the dead go and bury their own dead”.
Not only was he the corpse removed from the grave. The heart of the deceased was cut out from the body, and transported to Rome to be examined.
To anoint the living with the spirit of the dead, is not only a disgrace. It is an act of occultism, and for most people quite grotesque.
The Roman Catholic priest takes this kind of wickedness to the greater height’s. The priests stand and pray in front of this heart, and even parade this piece of a dead mans flesh on their shoulders.
Many people are not able to see that these individuals are the soldiers of Satan. Many claimed to be Christians seems to desire an end time union with the devil him self. Just reunite with Rome.
Written by Ivar



