Pope on last legs.

[Krieg]

witnessed? i thought it was performed?

Currently (since 1983) one miracle must be performed for Beautification (unless the individual is a martyr) and a second is required for Cannonization. The miracles typically are posthumous, in that they are performed on the behest of an individual who has prayed for them to the Saint in question.

 

[tarchon]

Currently (since 1983) one miracle must be performed for Beautification (unless the individual is a martyr) and a second is required for Cannonization. The miracles typically are posthumous, in that they are performed on the behest of an individual who has prayed for them to the Saint in question.

Hunter S. Thompson is being cannonized, and I don't think he even has one miracle yet.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Hunter S. Thompson is being cannonized, and I don't think he even has one miracle yet.

Probably because he, like Elvis, has a growing religion about him....

 

[Krieg]

Hunter S. Thompson is being cannonized, and I don't think he even has one miracle yet.

Bill Clinton's endorsement is hardly indicitive of the opinion of the Catholic Church's Congregation for the Cause of Saints.

 

[tarchon]

Hunter S. Thompson is being cannonized, and I don't think he even has one miracle yet.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/05/entertainment/main685787.shtml, he posted explicatively.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Bill Clinton's endorsement is hardly indicitive of the opinion of the Catholic Church's Congregation for the Cause of Saints.

Considering the only thing he "endorsed" was Monica Lewensky....

 

[Jdvn1]

witnessed? i thought it was performed?

Heh. Somehow, I'd doubt that anyone would take credit for a miracle. Well, seriously, anyway.

Superpope, the alter ego, is a different story.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Heh. Somehow, I'd doubt that anyone would take credit for a miracle. Well, seriously, anyway.

Superpope, the alter ego, is a different story.

Since they're usually performed long after the person's death, I seriously doubt they can "take credit".....

 

[Jdvn1]

Since they're usually performed long after the person's death, I seriously doubt they can "take credit".....

... Nono, to be a saint, you have to witness the miracle. Like, you have to be there, alive, when it happens. The necessary miracle can't occur after the person's death. So, if someone tried to take credit, it'd happen at the time of the miracle.

 

[tarchon]

... Nono, to be a saint, you have to witness the miracle. Like, you have to be there, alive, when it happens. The necessary miracle can't occur after the person's death. So, if someone tried to take credit, it'd happen at the time of the miracle.

It's not anything to do with witnessing or performing the miracle, it's intercession to get the miracle done. The Catholic Encyclopedia is out there for your googling pleasure, and it's quite adequate for explaining the canonical process (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm if googling is too much work).