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Bookmark or Share- Saints | USCCB - United States Conference of Catholic BishopsAll Christians are called to be saints. Saints are persons in heaven (officially canonized or not), who lived heroically virtuous lives, offered their life for others, or were martyred for the faith, and who are worthy of imitation. In official Church procedures there are three steps to sainthood: a candidate becomes "Venerable," then "Blessed ...
- How does someone become a saint? - BBC NewsPope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII are to be declared saints by the Catholic Church. The BBC looks at the steps required for an individual to become a saint in the eyes of the Vatican.
- Saint - WikipediaIn Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term saint depends on the context and denomination.
- Canonization - WikipediaCanonization is a statement of the Church that the person certainly enjoys the beatific vision of Heaven. The title of "Saint" (Latin: Sanctus or Sancta) is then proper, reflecting that the saint is a refulgence of the holiness (sanctitas) of God himself, which alone comes from God's gift.
- The Step-by-Step Guide to How a Person Becomes a Canonized SaintShort or long, the steps to sainthood follow a definite route, with all roads to it leading to and from Rome. These steps on the way to declaring a person a saint have no set time limit.
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