Carlo Acutis rushed to sainthood while others wait centuries for the honor

NY Post ^ | 11/28/2020 | Mary Kay Linge

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Last month, 41,000 Catholics flocked to the ancient Italian city of Assisi to view the body of a curly-haired teenager dressed in a tracksuit and Nike sneakers.

Carlo Acutis was just 15 when he died of leukemia in 2006. His fervent faith inspired him to create websites cataloging Catholic miracles and to minister to the homeless and hungry in his native Milan.

After his beatification this year, Acutis, dubbed “the Millennial Saint” and “the patron of the Internet,” is a single step away from canonization — one of the youngest Catholics ever, and the first member of his generation, to reach this sacred stage.

“He gives me this hope that our time is just as good as any other to be holy,” Emmanuelle Rebeix, 23, told Catholic News Agency last month.

Meanwhile, Kansas-born Emil Kapaun, who died at 35 in a brutal North Korean prisoner-of-war camp in 1951, is also regarded as worthy of sainthood — but his cause remains stuck on a complicated path since 1993, when he achieved the first step toward canonization.

A humble parish priest before he became a US Army chaplain, Kapaun’s heroic efforts to protect and minister to the troops, regardless of their faith, earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor and a place in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes. His saintly deeds in the camp, where he underwent torture rather than betray his faith or his men, made him a role model back home. While one miracle cure has been attributed to Acutis, two miracles have been linked to Kapaun — but, unlike Acutis, the hero soldier has yet to be beatified.

So why has Acutis reached God’s gateway so quick, while Kapaun continues to trudge down an arduous road?

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Over 1400 new saints since 1982. Does that mean we've become holier than in past centuries. You wouldn't know it by the declining number of worshippers. I guess it's quality over quantity /s

[nuconvert]

I’m not a catholic. What are his supposed miracles?

“Since 1982, when Pope John Paul II loosened the rules of canonization, the Catholic Church’s business of saint-making has been booming. During the last three pontificates, 1,425 holy men and women have been officially recognized as saints, more than quadruple the number named in the previous four centuries.”

[aMorePerfectUnion]

No miracles are required for someone to be a saint - not in Scripture.

[texas booster]

Fr. Kapaun certainly lived the life required of all Christians.

Instead of sainting these good Catholics, maybe Francis should try to emulate them?

[circlecity]

“No miracles are required for someone to be a saint - not in Scripture.”

Scripture says that all regenerate Christians are Saints.

[microgeek42]

True. If the church declares someone a saint (that is, they declare that soul is in Heaven), then evidence is sought after. Miracles, performed by God, are assumed to be indicative of the soul being in Heaven, because God would not “smile upon” a soul not in Heaven with His Presence. God would not lead people astray.

[BwanaNdege]

The Vatican’s “Marketing to Millennials”!

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“ True. If the church declares someone a saint (that is, they declare that soul is in Heaven), then evidence is sought after. Miracles, performed by God, are assumed to be indicative of the soul being in Heaven, because God would not “smile upon” a soul not in Heaven with His Presence. God would not lead people astray.”

Scripture declares all believers saints.
The church can not add additional conditions to God’s declaration.
Even the magicians performed the same miracles God wrought through Moses.

There is one standard of sainthood - saving faith in Christ. Simple as that.

Best.

[Biggirl]

The believers on earth are the saints in training.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

God calls the believers on earth “saints.”

[ebb tide]