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Why are some popes titled as Saints and others are not? Does it have something to do with their lifetime achievements?

Thanks :)

2007-08-26 08:16:34 · 2 answers · asked by rhinohiifive 4 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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Kind of. It has to do with canonization.

Saints are people in heaven or on their way to heaven. All Christians dead and alive are saints.

The Catholic Church selects some of the most extraordinary examples, does in-depth research, and canonizes them.

"By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God's grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to them as models and intercessors."

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 828: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p3.htm#828

With love in Christ.

2007-08-26 12:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0 0

Everyone who goes to Heaven is a Saint. So if all popes have gone to Heaven, they're all really saints. Some are canonized and these are probably the one to whom you say are the ones referred to as Saints. These are the ones that get a bit more recognition. It's like graduating from High School. Everyone who graduates is a graduate but there are some that get more recognition and so they get different titles (e.g. valedictorian).

2007-08-26 15:26:07 · answer #2 · answered by kokis0394 2 · 1 0

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