Posted on 08/11/2013 10:42:02 AM PDT by Lorianne
Author G. K. Chesterton, best known for his Father Brown stories, has been put on the path to sainthood – with the blessing of the Pope.
Just days before he was elected Pope in March, the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, wrote to a Chesterton society in Argentina approving the wording of a private prayer calling for his canonisation.
The Pontiff is said to be a fan of the author, one of whose most admired books was a life of St Francis of Assisi – whose name the Pope adopted.
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I seriously doubt that Chesterton would agree, but there are those who consider Islam to be an example of distributism. Any thoughts?
everyone a Saint
a really dumb practice IMO
Of all the wars on the planet, I believe Islam is involved in all of them. I think that would kill the idea right there.
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