"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
A few days ago I created the following meme in an attempt to explain the Communion of Saints and the Canonization process to some non-Catholics on an Internet forum. I posted it on my Facebook page and a lot of people got a kick out of it, so here you go:
Since JP2 and Johnny XXIII are to be declared to be canonized Saints this weekend, I thought it would be good to ask the question: How Does the Catholic Church Declare Official Saints?
There’s some news on Fulton Sheen’s canonization process…
A while ago my friend Ricardo pointed out to me that I am, in fact, a canonized Saint. Even with my profound sanctity, not to mention my superlative humility, I was a little surprised when he said this. When I asked him about it, he told me that Google now shows a picture of me when you search for “St. Drogo”:
St Drogo was a Saint who lived in the 12th Century and has the dubious honour of being the patron Saint of ugly people! Over a year ago I wrote an article about him, declaring him to be the Patron Saint of this blog.
Well, it turns out that Google went looking for picture of St. Drogo, found my article and falsely concluded that my portrait was, in fact, a picture of this French Saint!
So, on the plus side, I’m now a canonized Saint! Unfortunately, it means I also died in 1185… :-/