As I recall, maybe incorrectly, not all who were elevated to Sainthood were Priests and Nuns. Many were Kings and leaders who advance Christianity in their Kingdoms and the world. St. Edward, St. Constantine, St. Ladislau, St. Louis, St. Ferdinand, to name just a few.
No one need be elevated to sainthood by a church or religion or anything else. Ones belief in what Jesus did at the cross is all that is necessary for God to see the believer as a saint. I am a saint in God’s eyes.
I see a lot of what goes on in the RCC as man’s striving to still put himself above others and look good in this world instead of being humble and giving to others less fortunate.
God bless,
jodyel