It was in the small Costa Rican town of La Union de Tres Rios where the Vatican says Pope John Paul II performed his second miracle since his death - the criteria required for sainthood.The late pontiff was credited with curing Floribeth Mora, a woman from the town who had a severe brain injury.Her family prayed to the pope's memory and says she was cured on May 1, 2011.Mora's neighbor Cecilia Chavez voiced the community's feelings."How can it be that in a small country such as Costa Rica, in this poor small neighborhood, this miracle took place? It's amazing! There are no words to describe it," she said.Floribeth Mora had walked into a hospital in Costa Rica's capital San Jose complaining of a headache.Neurosurgeon Alejandro Vargas Roman, who diagnosed her with a brain aneurysm, says the question of why it disappeared without surgical intervention is without explanation."I have never read about this anywhere around the world," he said.John Paul had already been credited with healing a French nun of Parkinson's disease.Vatican media reports suggest the canonization ceremony could come as soon as December.At London's Westminster Cathedral, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor gave his reaction."We shouldn't be too surprised that this has happened quite quickly after his death," he said.
