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To: trebb
Men don't decide who is to be a saint. All of the faithful are saints in God's eyes and conferring sainthood on a person based on whether someone in the Catholic Church can X all the right boxes is a form of hubris that denigrates the religion.

We aren't "deciding" who the saints are. There are countless saints who aren't "canonized." The Church is giving recognition to those holy souls whose intercession has proved beneficial to the Church Militant on earth.

14 posted on 01/30/2006 7:59:44 AM PST by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: Pyro7480

I wish Rome would look into the stigamta-Rose Marie Ferron-


132 posted on 01/30/2006 4:48:57 PM PST by Rosary (Pray the rosary daily,wear the Brown scapular)
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To: Pyro7480

'Men don't decide who is to be a saint...'

You're absolutely right, the Church does.
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic.


228 posted on 02/01/2006 10:19:51 AM PST by OriginalChristian (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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