Great article. Thank you! It gives me the courage to confess there are two “beloved” Saints I don’t like at all as saints: Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul. I’m glad their feasts are Optional Memorials and take advantage of the option not to observe them. I’m sure some will find this scandalous but so be it. As people, I neither met nor …
Great article. Thank you! It gives me the courage to confess there are two “beloved” Saints I don’t like at all as saints: Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul. I’m glad their feasts are Optional Memorials and take advantage of the option not to observe them. I’m sure some will find this scandalous but so be it. As people, I neither met nor knew either personally so I have nothing to say on that front. And finally I’m very wary of any canonization that is rushed through as these two were. There’s a reason there used to be a law that at least 50 years had passed before a cause could be opened.
Great article. Thank you! It gives me the courage to confess there are two “beloved” Saints I don’t like at all as saints: Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul. I’m glad their feasts are Optional Memorials and take advantage of the option not to observe them. I’m sure some will find this scandalous but so be it. As people, I neither met nor knew either personally so I have nothing to say on that front. And finally I’m very wary of any canonization that is rushed through as these two were. There’s a reason there used to be a law that at least 50 years had passed before a cause could be opened.