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To: royalcello
Will others here be watching this as well?

I'm sure gonna try, there has GOT to be more to the miracle than vericose veins on a nun. - thanks for posting the TV schedule

What ever happened to needing three miracles? Anyone know?

14 posted on 09/28/2004 4:34:02 PM PDT by Stubborn (It is the Mass that matters)
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To: Stubborn
What ever happened to needing three miracles? Anyone know?

As far as I know, the process for beatification and canonization was simplified around the time the Code of Canon Law was revised (early 1980's). I think it was three miracles that used to be necessary for canonization, but "they" reduced that. The devil's advocate was eliminated, too.

The standards for becoming a saint have been lowered which has been partly responsible for the significant increase in beatifications and canonizations recently. It seems to me that whenever a famous Catholic dies, that someone begins a cause for their sainthood.

17 posted on 09/28/2004 7:27:01 PM PDT by ELS
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