Stout call for St Pat's holiday in US (Guinness co. pushes for official holiday status )

The BBC ^ | February 15, 2008 | Johnny Caldwell

[Tax-chick]

Ireland ping! Have a Guinness, everyone!

[wideawake]

If the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in the USA does not consider Saint Patrick's Day a holy day of obligation, why would the federal government consider it an official holiday?

It's purely a marketing gimmick - as evidenced by the fact that their petition is not be coordinated on a state by state basis for presentation to state legislatures.

[wideawake]

Further, technically, Padraig was not officially canonized — not by a pope in the usually understood meaning. So these beer guys are seeking an official holiday (holy day) for an unofficial saint.

Incorrect.

Since Patrick is commemorated as a saint in the liturgy of the Catholic Church he is an "official" saint.

The process of formal juridical canonization was not instituted until the tenth century.

In other words, none of the Apostles and Fathers of the Church were ever juridically canonized, but no one can say that Peter and Paul are not official saints of the Church.

All canonization means is that the Church acknowledges that the sanctity of an individual is so clearly in evidence that it will cause no scandal to publicly acknowledge him in the Mass and other liturgies. Thousands of saints were recognized in the Church's liturgical calendar for centuries before there was a juridical process for incorporating new saints into the liturgy.

[SlapHappyPappy]

How about we restore Lincoln and Washington’s birthdays and then decide if we want another holiday.

[GOP_Raider]

(A drinking holiday?? Brilliant!)

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