Who should be canonized next?

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Who should the church canonize next? Who is Worthy of being a saint?
 
From God. That whole ‘bind and loose’ idea with the authority He gave the apostles and their successors, along with the authority given the Church He established and notes as the ‘pillar and bulwark of truth’ from Scripture.

And here is a good point to remember as well. The Church is not out there in the business of making up rules out of nowhere or starting up new ideas on its own.

The Church’s business is to spread the Good News that Jesus gave us. To ‘hold fast’ to the Truth as it was spoken and written by God.

Where the Church appears to do ‘new things’ is only with regard to disciplines which can change but are rooted in Truth, or with something which the Holy Spirit (noted in Scripture by Christ as the Paraclete sent to bring His followers to all truth) has directed. That’s why although the Trinity is implicit in Scripture with mention of the Father, Son, and Spirit they are never EXPLICITLY referred to in Scripture as being a Trinity, THREE divine persons in ONE God. The Holy Spirit brought the early Christians to that truth and so that teaching is now EXPLICITLY taught as truth.

Or regard to ‘celibacy’ in the priesthood. In the early years, in a time where the culture was more traditional and communal and rural, a married man with a small flock could be both priest and husband/father. As the centuries brought forth larger communities and more responsibilities rather than simple subsistence and survival, for much of the Latin world where the priests were involved with war, famine, disease, urbanisation, etc. It became clear that having an unmarried priest was necessary to give the people an ‘undivided heart and attention.’ It is a discipline and it can change.
 
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The authority of the Magisterium (for canonization as it is now). I have been told that before this Saints (like venerating people mentioned in the NT) were essentially by popular consent, but I can not verify this. I suppose then it’d be the Spirit of God within us.
 
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I just meant people like fulton sheen, not about the church’s authority to canonize, so I just wanted to hear some names and stories about possibly canonized saints
 
I understand. Let’s get the thread back on track.

I’d really like to see Blessed Miguel Pro and Blessed Jerzy Popieluszcko be canonized soon.

Blessed Miguel was a Cristero martyr who sneaked around in disguise saying Mass and giving the sacraments during the Cristero War in Mexico, when the Church was outlawed.

Blessed Jerzy helped form the Solidarity movement on behalf of Polish workers in the 70s and 80s. He used to be on the news all the time including in USA. My dad was a big admirer of him even though we weren’t Polish. The Communist government didn’t like it and they murdered him. He died on my 21st birthday.
 
Charles Eugène de Foucauld , Viscount of Foucauld, (15 September 1858 - 1 December 1916), was a cavalry officer in the French Army, then an explorer and geographer, and finally a Catholic priest, hermit who lived among the Tuareg in the Sahara in Algeria. He was assassinated in 1916 and is considered by the Church to be a martyr. His inspiration and writings led to the founding of the Little Brothers of Jesus among other religious congregations.

I have long admired Bl Charles, but I remembered his cause “cleared its last hurdle” in May, so he really may be the next one canonized.
 
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Franz Jägerstätter (also spelled Jaegerstaetter in English) (20 May 1907 – 9 August 1943) (born as Franz Huber ) was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to fight for Nazi Germany. He was later declared a martyr and beatifiedby the Catholic Church.

Another one in the pipeline. There is a long beautiful film about him, A Hidden Life, available. It is a terrific film about peasant life in the Austrian Alps, nearly 3 hours with minimal action. It immerses you in the scenery.
 
Servant of God Chaplain Fr. Vincent Capodanno (Viet Nam) and Servant of God Chaplain Fr. Emil Kapaun (Korea).
 
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Where does the Church get the authority to canonize saints?
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Others have answered your question. I just want to make sure that you understand canonization does not mean the Church is making someone a saint. It is simply officially recognising that someone is already a saint.
 
Gilbert Keith Chesterton and Belloc as well if they havent been mentioned already…
 
I’d like to see Blessed Solanus Casey made a saint, partly because he’s local to my area.
 
Mary of Saint-Peter (Marie de St-Pierre) whom Christ instructed about the devotion to the Holy Face and the Holy Face chaplet.

And

sister Elisabeth Bruyere, qui cared for the sick and started the hospital in western Quebec/Eastern Ontario that cared for everyone regardless of color, gender or faith.
 
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