tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post113908247810781169..comments2024-03-01T06:27:41.786-05:00Comments on Damian McNicholl's Blog: Miracle Number OneM. Damian McNichollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1139234258531539002006-02-06T08:57:00.000-05:002006-02-06T08:57:00.000-05:00Good question, Carol. To be honest, as a kid, I wa...Good question, Carol. To be honest, as a kid, I wasn't aware of the process for 'creating' saints. I never questioned it and assumed God made them. Once I learned that they were 'man-made' so to speak, then that, in conjunction with my questioning of certain practices and doctrines of the faith I was born into and how some were disposed of and became the equivalent of what is considered 'illegal' in secular society (e.g the attending mass celebrated in Latin), I became a lot more skeptical and wondered exactly how much God had a say in the whole thing . The church (all denominations thereof, really) are masters of the art of politics and it is well known that the late Pontiff was responsible for creating a great many saints, particularly in South America where the Church was seen to be growing fastest. What does that say?M. Damian McNichollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1139177095887941192006-02-05T17:04:00.000-05:002006-02-05T17:04:00.000-05:00Damian, haven't commented in a while, but that doe...Damian, haven't commented in a while, but that does not mean I do not "stop by" fairly regularly. <BR/>First of all, I am Episcopalian. My question is this: If rapid canonization were to take place, would that, for you as a Catholic, call into question other saints? Or would each declaration of previous sainthood stand on its own merits? I can identify with you, because I am mad at my own denomination right now because of their denigration of women as potential church leaders.Carol Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.com