People who should be Saints

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Who do you think should be a saint(living or dead)?? Why??
I think these people should be saints:
Pope Pius XII
Pope John Paul I
G.K. Chesterton
Mother Angelica(still living…thank God)
…um…to late…or early (4:27) to remember others…tell me yours
 
lrcatholic95 said:
Who do you think should be a saint(living or dead)?? Why??
I think these people should be saints:
Pope Pius XII
Pope John Paul I
G.K. Chesterton
Mother Angelica(still living…thank God)
…um…to late…or early (4:27) to remember others…tell me yours
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Fr. Damien
Charles de Foucault
Fr. Antonio Vieira
Padre Luis Ruiz Suárez

indubitably, a very interesting question.
I put there Dr. schweitzer, a Prosteestant, … but erased it for being protestant … funny …
 
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EVERYONE.

Sorry, I had to… 😃

To be honest, I put my vote in for G.K. Chesterton too, with a little bit of F.J. Sheen thrown in for good measure.
 
purplesunshine said:
as in Damien of Molicai. He IS a saint…been one for two years.
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Yep. Been to the leper colony on Molokai where he served and died. There are still a few people living there, and his small wooden chapel still stands. No pews at all – they sat on the floor. It’s worth seeing if you ever find yourself on Molokai. Be prepared for quite a hike.
 
Many of us are familiar with Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the priest who took the place of a Jew, to be killed in the Nazi extermination camp. However, there is another individual, an Orthodox Father by the name of Dmitry Klepinin, who may not be as familiar, but who was instrumental in helping Jews escape the camps by drawing up baptismal certificates for them (who were not formally baptized). He eventually was sent to the camps himself, first a labor camp in France, then Buchenwald, and finally Dora, where he greatly suffered and died at a relatively young age. I don’t know if Father Klepinin fits all the criteria for becoming a saint: for example, performing miracles and being Roman Catholic; however, there is no doubt his actions were saintly.
 
Without making a judgement on any of the candidates you have mentioned, you are all getting caught up in the modern notion that saints are someone we “vote” into sainthood or those that deserved to be so recognized. Remember that a saint is someone who lived a virtuous and exemplary life modeled on Christ, who possibly lost their life confessing Our Savior, and who’s miracles and intercessions attest to the fact that they have been sanctified.

It is not a popularity contest on who should or shouldn’t be, nor is it an honor we bestow posthumously.
 
giuseppeTO said:
Without making a judgement on any of the candidates you have mentioned, you are all getting caught up in the modern notion that saints are someone we “vote” into sainthood or those that deserved to be so recognized. Remember that a saint is someone who lived a virtuous and exemplary life modeled on Christ, who possibly lost their life confessing Our Savior, and who’s miracles and intercessions attest to the fact that they have been sanctified.

It is not a popularity contest on who should or shouldn’t be, nor is it an honor we bestow posthumously.
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Agreed 👍. You actually raise another important point indirectly that for the most part, achieving sainthood is not a glamorous endeavour. It often involves a lot of sweat, tears, heartache and suffering. Let’s not get caught up that saints simply spent their lives performing miracles and wonders, because their lives had a lot more substance than that :).
 
I think Blessed Margaret of Costello’s canonization is long overdue. Also, I would be happy to see Pope Pius IX and the three Children of Fatima Canonized.
 
meltzerboy said:
Many of us are familiar with Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the priest who took the place of a Jew, to be killed in the Nazi extermination camp. However, there is another individual, an Orthodox Father by the name of Dmitry Klepinin, who may not be as familiar, but who was instrumental in helping Jews escape the camps by drawing up baptismal certificates for them (who were not formally baptized). He eventually was sent to the camps himself, first a labor camp in France, then Buchenwald, and finally Dora, where he greatly suffered and died at a relatively young age. I don’t know if Father Klepinin fits all the criteria for becoming a saint: for example, performing miracles and being Roman Catholic; however, there is no doubt his actions were saintly.
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You don’t have to be Roman Catholic to be a saint. There are many Eastern Catholics saints and Orthodox saints who are venerated in the Catholic Church.
 
giuseppeTO said:
Without making a judgement on any of the candidates you have mentioned, you are all getting caught up in the modern notion that saints are someone we “vote” into sainthood or those that deserved to be so recognized. Remember that a saint is someone who lived a virtuous and exemplary life modeled on Christ, who possibly lost their life confessing Our Savior, and who’s miracles and intercessions attest to the fact that they have been sanctified.

It is not a popularity contest on who should or shouldn’t be, nor is it an honor we bestow posthumously.
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I know fully that this is a decision that the Church and the Church only will make and whoever the Church chooses to acknowledge as in heaven and rise their names to the altar of sainthood makes me happy because we have one more friends helping us. I started this thread to simply have people show who they think showed heroic Christian virtue and who they would like to have devotions for in the future. It is in no way trying to make a “vote” of one of the most important and holiest thing the Church can do. I am sorry that the way it was written came off as that and if any person thought that it was it is not…this decision is up to the Church and God alone. We can aid by our prayers. Once again I am sorry if it seemed to come off as a popularity contest. Thank you for pointing this out.
 
I have been more intrigued by the work and writings of Leo XIII lately, and wonder why he has not made it to the honors of the altar.
 
PKinsale said:
I have been more intrigued by the work and writings of Leo XIII lately, and wonder why he has not made it to the honors of the altar.
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I forgot him…I love him and his pontificate…and I love the prayer he wrote to Saint Michael(say it every night)…plus he looks a lot like Joe Lieberman…just sayin’
 
giuseppeTO said:
Without making a judgement on any of the candidates you have mentioned, you are all getting caught up in the modern notion that saints are someone we “vote” into sainthood or those that deserved to be so recognized. Remember that a saint is someone who lived a virtuous and exemplary life modeled on Christ, who possibly lost their life confessing Our Savior, and who’s miracles and intercessions attest to the fact that they have been sanctified.

It is not a popularity contest on who should or shouldn’t be, nor is it an honor we bestow posthumously.
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Except that is how the first Saints of the Church were chosen. By popular opinion.
 
To be honest, I feel our current pope will one day be a saint, God willing, there is just something about his humility and the great knowledge he possesses
 
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