[mike182d]

Why don't ya just go ahead and make him a saint already?

This is because the Church doesn't "make" Saints, it recognizes them. The definition of a "Saint" is a person in heaven and only God can bestow upon a person such a reward.

A great - or perhaps not so great - example is that of Thomas A. Kempis. He wrote one the most insightful and powerful theological works titled: "Imitation of Christ." After his "death," everyone thought he was worthy of sainthood for being able to produce such a magnificent work and so the Holy See (the Vatican) exhumed his body. Upon opening the casket they found claw marks tearing through the wood on the inside of the casket and the bones of his fingers widdled down to nubs; he had been buried alive. So, despite his entire life of holiness, given the new evidence, it was possible that in the last moments of his life he despaired and so the fate of Thomas A. Kempis' soul could not be determined by the Holy See with any degree of certainty. Sainthood isn't a title one normally throws around.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

This is because the Church doesn't "make" Saints, it recognizes them. The definition of a "Saint" is a person in heaven and only God can bestow upon a person such a reward.

I guess I can re word it then. Why doesn't the Catholic Church officially recognize him as a saint already?

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Could you also address my contention that its impossible to
credit the particular prayer in the article as being the one that resulted in the healing?