Vatican to encourage greater caution in opening sainthood causes
Vatican to encourage greater caution in opening sainthood causes (Jan. 2008)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican is preparing to issue a set of instructions to promote "greater caution and more accuracy" in the opening of new sainthood causes by local dioceses, a top Vatican official said.
Asked if the new instructions would help put an end to stories about the church's "saint factories," Cardinal Saraiva Martins said the term does not even merit a response. The church does not make saints; it merely follows procedures so that they are recognized, he said.
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