[mtbopfuyn]

Nobody is ever lost in God’s eyes, even when society has condemned him

That doesn't mean society should give him sainthood. He was evil and he's just one of many who "claim" to have found Jesus in prison so sounds like hogwash to me.

[Pyro7480]

Have we become so cynical in our modern times?

[Mrs. Don-o]

It's true that there are many who feign religious conversion in order to gain some slack from the system; and many more who undoubtedly have only "imperfect contrition" --- regret for having been caught and punished, rather than true repentance for the crime.

Still, true visitations from God do happen, and true repentances do happen. Now the Church starts on the road to possible canonization, a road whose conclusion will need two well-investigated and documented miracles.

I think we can afford to let God have the last word.

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“That doesn’t mean society should give him sainthood.”

Society doesn’t. God does.

“He was evil and he’s just one of many who “claim” to have found Jesus in prison so sounds like hogwash to me.”

He did evil. Other evil minded men have changed, including a man once known as Saul. Also, Fesch did more than claim to have found Jesus. He actually lived the life of a man who had been converted.

[sitetest]

Dear mtbopfuyn,

“That doesn't mean society should give him sainthood.”

“Society” doesn't give anyone sainthood, at least not the real thing. God gives sainthood. The Catholic Church merely recognizes publicly that fact in a small number of lives.

sitetest

[iconography]

Obviously, you haven’t read “Light Over Scaffold: Prison Letters of Jacques Fesch.” Would urge you to reserve judgment regarding the authenticity of his conversion until you’ve read it with an open mind (and heart).