I thought a ‘saint’ had to be proven to have performed a miracle ... not be a popular person.
“not be a popular person.”
Or even a particulary good person. St. Paul was a pretty foul guy, self-admitted. Aside from his horrid acts pre-Christ, you can tell he was difficult to be around from his letters, and probably pretty foul.
It’s those crappy people that God uses that prove the miracle.*+
* Note I am NOT joining the chorus sayign Pius XII was a Nazi-collaborator or whatever. Just noting that such acts are irrelevant.
+ FWIW, I don’t believe Pious was collaborator. I do believe he looked the other way to some limited degree, but I think he pretty much had to do so, being powerless politically and practically to stop Hiter and Musolini in a straightforward manner, so he didn’t rock the boat and went about quietly saving Jews and Christians without getting himself and everyone at the Vatican murdered. Difficult times, and he was in a very difficult spot, so I am not going to second-guess him.
Ha! Old Teddy Kennedy is on a fast track to sainthood... why he is the godfather of socialized medicine and open borders. Old Teddy Kennedy is the future saint of 'social just-us'. Mommy Nancy won't be far behind in saint selections. God elected saints regardless of what Rome claims.