Lincoln as secular saint
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05-23-2015, 09:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-23-2015 09:58 AM by Juan Marrero.)
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RE: Lincoln as secular saint
Mother Teresa is now Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Beatification is the stage before canonization. Many blesseds don't make it all the way to saint. It's like being vice-president, I guess.
As the article suggests, she may be canonized in 2016 but the process can easily get gummed up. Any purported miracle must vetted by doctors, reviewed by a group of Cardinals who then send it to the Pope for his final say, then a date is set for the ceremony. M. Teresa is widely respected and admired, but she does have her critics inside and outside the Church. Personally, I wish that her order, the Missionaries of Charity, made life a little softer for the nuns who join. Poverty is one thing, but complete self-denial another. Such a life apparently can lead some to holiness and others to chronic irritation! |
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