When the Telegraph follows Mamta dee

This editorial piece in The Telegraph made me wonder whether even leading newspapers in India have succumbed to the tendency of leaving logic to the heavens:

The editorial says:

"The recent attacks on Christians in Orissa and Karnataka and the rise of Hindu and Muslim fundamentalism are examples of movements that run counter to India’s rich history and praxis of cultural diversity. It is somewhat apt that together with the news of violence against Christians has come the news that the Roman Catholic Church in India will have its first woman saint when Sister Alphonsa is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 12. This is a special honour for India, more so because it goes to a woman. Not too many people, outside a select circle, know of Sister Alphonsa, who died at the age of 36 after a life of terrible physical suffering. This only goes to show that she carried out her piety away from the limelight and she sought her solace from her God rather than from public acclaim. The sense of sacrifice and selflessness that she brought to her life are the hallmarks of holiness of all the religions associated with Indian culture." [..]

"In 2007, her canonization was authorized after a one-year-old boy, born with a physical disability, began to walk a day after he was taken to Sister Alphonsa’s grave. This was taken as a miracle, the performance of which is essential for a person’s canonization. These are the necessary details that underline the significance of the canonization for Indian society. It demonstrates that the work of Christian missionaries, contrary to what some Hindu fundamentalists are propagating, were integral to Indian society, and posed no threat whatsoever."

I don't understand how canonization of Sister Alphonsa is a moment of pride for all Indians. The editorial would have been fine to me if it just treated Sister Alphonsa as one more example of dedicated Christian missionary worker who helped poor Indians, and hence espoused secularism and social work. But why should an act of 'supposed miracle' underline the significance of canonization for Indian society, when all rational logic would point out that no such miracles ever happen - at most they are cases of faith healing, or just a probabilistic chance. Is the Telegraph not paying its editors well? or, have the last remaining intellectuals decided to leave bengal after Mamta dee's recent grand victory over all reason and logic?