The Catholic Church and Sainthood are synonymous, so if you are "ignorant on this important matter" you are not Catholic and it is really none of your concern.
If you are not a practicing Catholic, why would you care what the internals of the Church are?
The problem isn't with what the Catholic church is saying to its own, but what is being misunderstood by all non-Catholics, which is that all In Christ are Saints.
Protestants expect Catholics to say unScriptural things, because even the concept of Patron Saints is not Scriptural.