Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?
By Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross. Pope Francis at the end of a canonization ceremony for Mother Teresa. Alessandra Tarantino/AP Pope Francis has created a new category for beatification, the level immediately below sainthood, in the Catholic Church: those who give their lives for others. This is called “oblatio vitae,”…
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