[Yinekol]

I do not think Bishop Hilarion is calling for the Orthodox Church to glorify John Paul II, rather he says, "There is no doubt that he will soon be beatified and canonized by the Church to which he dedicated his entire life." I think it is more of a prediction. To add, I saw an interview with the Roman Catholic Cardinal in charge of Catholic parishes in Russia and he said the movement had already begun for this. I actually know Bishop Hilarion personally. He used to serve at the OCA Representation Church in Moscow before he was made a bishop. He is involved in interfaith and inter-religious dialogue but he is not a syncritist. He even told me that while he does dialogue, he does not pray with them. Now that he is the Bishop of Vienna and the Moscow Patriarchate's representative to the European Leader, ofcourse the spotlight is on him since John Paul II's death. Do you think anyone in such a position would go and say, "oh Pope John Paul II was a horrible man, whom I am sure in burning in Hell because of his heretical, un-Orthodox beliefs...."?