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[Catholic Caucus] Liberal Magazine, Were All Recent Popes Really Saints?
Gloria TV ^ | February 15, 2018 | Gloria TV

Posted on 02/15/2018 11:05:38 AM PST by ebb tide

Pro-Francis journalist Mollie Wilson O'Reilly asks the pope to “stop making every pope a saint” saying that it is “a pretty big coincidence for all of the popes since Pius XII — ahem, Venerable Pius XII — to have been men of uncommon heroic virtue”.

Writing in the liberal Catholic magazine Commonweal (February 8) she adds, "If the modern Church really has managed to elect an unbroken string of papal saints in the past century, well, that’s impressive, but considering that the pope is the one who gets to make that call, it’s also a bit...suspect.”

In 2014, Pope Francis canonized John XIII († 1963) and John Paul II († 2005). Paul VI († 1978) is on the docket to be canonized 2018 and Pope John Paul I († 1978) was recognized “Venerable” last November.


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: commonweal; francischurch; popefactory; vcii
"If the modern Church really has managed to elect an unbroken string of papal saints in the past century, well, that’s impressive, but considering that the pope is the one who gets to make that call, it’s also a bit...suspect.”
1 posted on 02/15/2018 11:05:39 AM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide
All who are servants of Christ are saints.

1 Corinthians 1:2 “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours.”

2 posted on 02/15/2018 11:08:28 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: ebb tide

The latest pope will be joining “Saint” Lucifer.


3 posted on 02/15/2018 11:23:47 AM PST by alstewartfan (Lines of coffee cups on parade. Soldiers for keeping the night away. Al Stewart in Delia's Gone)
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To: ebb tide

When everyone is a saint, no one is a saint.


4 posted on 02/15/2018 12:38:32 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: rjsimmon

“Unbroken string” ?! 2 popes? With 2 in between? No mention of Pius XII, a holy man who saved thousands of Jews and during WWII! What about Benedict XV, isn’t his cause opened? Throughout history saints are made in uneven bunches because, yes you are right, the living pope must select not only by “miracles” but what benefits the Church at that time. The author of this article is very short sighted.


5 posted on 02/15/2018 3:01:02 PM PST by Marchmain (What would Mary do?)
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To: WayneS

That’s the Bergoglian plan.


6 posted on 02/17/2018 9:16:14 AM PST by Mmmike
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