Around 600 or so approx. 1,180,000,000 Therefore, each saint has about 2 million souls they have to service. Some of these saints are not well known at all; so they get off a little easier I imagine; while other SAINTS have quite a reputation; so they probably get a lot MORE stuff sent their way. If only one in a hundred Catholics send a prayer request to Saints CEntral Clearinghouse, thats about 20,000 requests for help each day - per saint - on average. [post 1196]
Well, there's yet another facet of the Catholic Church only acknowledging 600 "official" saints (give or take whatever the actual # is)
If "sainthood" is meant to be a common goal of the church...it's not turning out very many "grads."
Yeah, I know Jesus said "wide is the road that leads to destruction, and narrow is the way to life," but this approach is even worse than the Latter-day SAINTS quest for "sainthood"...who limit living eternally in God's presence to...
Those married in the Mormon temple...[there goes the singles; the divorced; all those married beyond Mormon temples]
...Those who have temple recommends...perhaps only 15% of worldwide Mormonism...[there goes the cafeteria and Jack Mormons + all church members beyond Mormonism...strange that a supposedly highly touted "family-oriented" religion has so few that it will actually "reconnect" living with Heavenly Father...Mormons say other religionists can live in heaven...just not in Heavenly Father's presence]
...and then beyond that, is the long list of commandments & additional "throw-in" requirements the Mormon missionaries never get around to telling their targets...
Mormons are only 1.7% of the U.S. population...so temple-recommend Mormons are only about a quarter of 1%...and that's this country...it's wafer thin in MOST countries...
Bah!!
Who cares what YOU have to say; anyway??
Just WAIT ‘til my BUDs chime in!!!
—MormonDude(Sic ‘em, boys!! [and girl, too!} )