Are married or divorced women ever canonized as saints within the catholic church?

Question

I am a divorced, single mother, baptized catholic and but left the catholic church for a full gospel that makes me a king and priest and saint, through Christ and the cross. I understand that within the Franciscan order, I could become a nun if I choose to submit to catholic doctrine for a greater good. But, could I later be canonized as a saint if I was not a nun?

I am a divorced, single mother. As and infant, I was baptized catholic but was never confirmed. I was never active in the catholic church, and after reading the bible for myself a few times and searching, I came to understand scriptures taught to me by the holy spirit. I learned that the full gospel makes me a king and priest (queen and priestess) and a saint, through Christ and the cross. I understand that within the Franciscan order, I could become a nun if I choose to submit to catholic doctrine. But, could I later be canonized as a saint if I was not a nun?

Answer 1

There are plenty of married saints. St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Elizabeth Canori Mora, St. Monica and many others were married. Some of the married saints were widows/widowers, though. Others converted their spouses, such as St. Monica. St. Rita's husband abused her terribly for many years, and part of her legendary patience with him is one of the many factors that helped lead toward her canonization as a saint.

In answer to your second question, you would likely have to fully re-join the Catholic Church, including going through full confirmation rites, in order to be beatified or canonized. And there are a number of saints who weren't monks or nuns.

St. Gummarus (also called St. Gomer) was separated from his wife and still became a saint. See a brief description of his situation here:

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintg37.htm

Answer 2

--Is Catholic--

It is important to remember that a Saint is any individual in heaven. As far as a canonized saint goes, this is a person that the Catholic Church recognizes official as being in heaven and being a model of the Catholic Faith for which individuals should emulate.

There are married women who are Saints. Plenty of them actually as Pope John Paul II had an interest in canonizing laity.

Now if a Catholic did not have an annulment, AND are were married to somebody else, that does place the individual outside of communion with Christ, and on that, the canonization process would not move forward. However, that does not mean that the divorced remarried individual is not in heaven. The Catholic Church holds out hope for all who die in the state of mortal sin.

Now you obviously are not a practicing Catholic. Just remember that the devil knows scripture by heart and often appears as a spirit of light. Christ reveals himself to us in many ways that can be checked against each other. You must listen not simply to your own thoughts, but you must listen to reason, to the testimony of history, and to the expression of the faith as lived out. Where the three cross, there is Christ.

Answer 3

Yes, a perfect example of a married saint being Mary, the mother of Jesus. I'm not sure about divorces, but I doubt that divorced women get canonized. The Church has gotten more lenient about the subject; but at least on a strictly orthodox level, Catholic divooce is still a no-no.

Answer 4

You cannot become a Catholic Saint with merely submitting to it's doctrine. Real Catholic Saints love the Church and every aspect of it, but to answer your question yes there are divorced women who are Saints. I believe Elizabeth Ann Seton would be a good example.

Answer 5

It is important to note that Saints are not "worshipped" according to strict Christian terminology. Worship is reserved for God alone, whereas Saints are venerated (see veneration), respected, and viewed as role models.
The older term for saint is martyr, meaning witness, or more specifically, witness for God. However, as the word martyr took on more and more the meaning of "one who died for the Faith," the term saint, meaning holy, became more common to describe the whole of Christian witnesses, both martyrs and confessors. The Catholic Church teaches that it does not, in fact, make anyone a saint. Rather, it recognizes a saint.

Formal canonization is a lengthy process often taking many years, even centuries. The process includes a thorough investigation of the candidate for Sainthood. This investigation examines and confirms (or disproves) any number of visions or miracles attributed to candidate, or of the general holiness or specific good deeds that he or she may have done while alive.

Answer 6

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