[NYer]

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, during the weekly general audience Wednesday April 26, 2006. Recalling the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the pontiff urged world leaders Wednesday to ensure that all forms of energy are in the peaceful service of humanity. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

[pravknight]

Having the pope as the sole arbitor of canonizations is a rather late development in Church history.

I think it would be a good gesture to the Orthodox to allow the patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches and Metropolitans of the Metropolitan Eastern Catholic Churches canonize their own saints autonomous of Rome.