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Inside the Vatican: How saints are made in the Catholic Church

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Catholics love their saints. But it's not easy to become one. On this special Deep Dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” we take you inside the grueling process of saint-making, which starts at a local diocese and involves dozens of people, a long paper trail with the Vatican, travel for miracle verification and a lot of money. We’ll hear from Vatican historians and journalists about how the process evolved from folks being devoted to holy people in their cities to a codified Vatican process. We’ll talk with individuals who are working on Dorothy Day's canonization cause in New York about how the significant cost and local politics can lead to causes being delayed indefinitely. And finally, we’ll look into how miracles are verified—and why some people think that ought to change. Support Inside the Vatican! Become a digital subscriber to America Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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with meditations from the seminary community about their recent visit to the Holy Land.

0:24.4

Learn more at W. W.shu. edu slash Jesuitical. here. This week,

0:44.9

Zach is on pilgrimage in the Holy Land, so in lieu of a regular episode,

0:49.1

we're sharing something special from another podcast in the American media family.

0:54.0

Inside the Vatican has produced a deep dive into the process of canonization in the Catholic

0:58.6

Church.

0:59.6

Now of course you know that on every episode of Judge Whiticle, we ask our guests if they could

1:04.4

canonize any person living or dead, Catholic or not, fictional or real, who would it be and why.

1:11.1

And now finally, inside the Vatican has pulled back the curtain on how it's really done.

1:16.1

And to give you an up-close view of this complex and costly process, our colleague Colleen Dolly

1:21.9

shares insights she's gathered from her own experience working on the cause of Dorothy Day's canonization.

1:27.5

I can't tell you how many times we've canonized Dorothy Day on the show, but it's a lot.

1:33.7

So I think this will be a real treat for those of you gunning for her sainhood.

1:38.3

So stick around for that and we'll be back in your feed with Zach next week.

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Hi, I'm Martha Hennessy. And what's your relationship to Dorothy Day?

1:50.5

Number seven of her nine grandchildren.

1:52.7

Martha, do you want to see your grandmother named a saint?

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