Who was the Pope that made the Virgin Mary A Saint and what year?

Answer 1

* Beginning of the exaltation of Mary, the term "Mother of God" first applied to her by the Council of Ephesus 431
* Prayer directed to Mary, dead saints and angels, about 600
* Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension into heaven shortly after her death),
* Mary proclaimed Mother of the Church, by pope Paul VI 1965
* Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, proclaimed by pope Pius IX 1854

Answer 2

The entire Church considered the Blessed Virgin Mary a saint shortly after her death.

Before the formal canonization process began in the fifteenth century, many saints were proclaimed by popular approval. This was a much faster process but unfortunately many of the saints so named were based on legends, pagan mythology, or even other religions -- for example, the story of the Buddha traveled west to Europe and he was "converted" into a Catholic saint!

In 1969, the Church took a long look at all the saints on its calendar to see if there was historical evidence that that saint existed and lived a life of holiness. In taking that long look, the Church discovered that there was little proof that many "saints", including some very popular ones, ever lived. Saint Christopher was one of the names that was determined to have a basis mostly in legend. Therefore Christopher (and others) were dropped from the universal calendar.

This action did not kick Christopher out of heaven. Remember everyone in heaven are saints whether the Church canonizes them or not. The Church, once again, was just trying to clean up its act.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

The New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967, Vol. VII, pp. 378-381) acknowledges regarding the origin of the belief: “ . . . the Immaculate Conception is not taught explicitly in Scripture . . . The earliest Church Fathers regarded Mary as holy but not as absolutely sinless. . . . It is impossible to give a precise date when the belief was held as a matter of faith, but by the 8th or 9th century it seems to have been generally admitted. . . . [In 1854 Pope Pius IX defined the dogma] ‘which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from all stain of original sin in the first instant of her Conception.’” This belief was confirmed by Vatican II (1962-1965).—The Documents of Vatican II (New York, 1966), edited by W. M. Abbott, S.J., p. 88.

Answer 4

The Virgin Mary was universally recognized by early Christians as a Saint (and has continued to be viewed as such to this very day) so she was never officially Canonized.

Answer 5

Dear Cupcake,
The Pope cannot "make" anyone a saint, no matter what a religious organization may claim.
When you become a child of God, you become a saint in God's eyes - one who is set apart to Him and for Him.

check out this web site:
http://www.reachingcatholics.org/mainpage.html
Sincerely - Redeemed