[Land of the Irish]

John Paul II has already eased the path to sainthood by reducing the number of required miracles from four to two: one for beatification, a second following beatification for canonization. More he will not do. "I spoke with the pope about this issue some years ago," says Jesuit Peter Gumpel, a senior member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. "The pope said, 'I will leave that problem to my successor.' He smiled when he said it."

Ping

[eastsider]

Some are recent and sure to be saints, like Pope John XXIII ...

The pope who convened Vatican II!!! Oh, my : )

[Servant of the 9]

It can take a Loooong time, even for a well known figure.

St. Bede the Venerable

That's 1264 years by my count, for a man who was continuously discussed and known of by all Church scholars and lay historians alike.

Ya gotta have a Rabbi to push the paperwork through, just like any bureaucracy.

So9

[William of Orange]

relax the rules? before you know it some loon will try to have Hitler canonized, they're already in the process of sainthood for the Austrian emperor who ordered his troops to use poison gas...

[Gazoo]

Mother Teresa

[Gazoo]

Mother Teresa Quotes

[marshmallow]

Interesting new spin.

The article which you posted earlier this month from the Washington Post and originally published in the west in The Times of London in late December said "Pope to Change Rules for Sainthood." Period. Now it's become "Will a future pope...."

Translation: not in this Pope's lifetime. He won't do it.

In other words, the previous report was garbage but the perps are still agitating and making mischief around the "sainthood" issue.

[Netizen]

Why not relax the rules? They relaxed and changed the 4th commandment.