
Too Many Clergy Among Canonized Saints?
Who was the last saint canonized who was not a member of the clergy? Are only Catholics recognized as saints? Can a non-Christian become a saint?
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Who was the last saint canonized who was not a member of the clergy? Are only Catholics recognized as saints? Can a non-Christian become a saint?

Through the communion of saints, we all have a profound second chance: not to erase the past, but to speak love into eternity and reclaim the relationship that death could not sever…

All Saints’ Day reminds us that we are not alone on the journey. We’re surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, cheering us on.

Are there any saints who were soldiers? What was their faith journey like?

Few lay men or women have been formally canonized. Most saints belonged to religious communities, but people in that state of life make up a tiny percentage of the Church.

What is the “lot of the saints?” In his letter to the Colossians, Paul speaks of giving thanks that we have been made worthy to partake of it. But what does he mean?

Saints Josephine Bakhita and Maria Goretti have much to teach us in our day.

The saints lived lives marked by the promise of liberation that Jesus brings forth through his life, death, and resurrection.

Life is change. But it is not antithetical to what came before, it is not a negation of that, or an elimination of it. In some ways, it might be a building upon it.
FRANCISCAN SPIRIT BLOG These 14 saintly women, among many more, changed my life. I hope they change yours. They weren’t perfect, for starters. They fought with