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cbayer

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33. Fine. I also have problems with the process and, more specifically,

Reply to edhopper (Reply #22)

Sat May 23, 2015, 10:24 PM

May 2015

with some of the recent nominees.

But this isn't one of them and it is wrong to use this person to make an issue out of the process.

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Bishop Oscar Romero is on his way to being a saint. If he doesn't make it, [View all] Hoppy May 2015 OP

You should read up on canonization. It acknowledses it, it does not cause it. rug May 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author edhopper May 2015 #3

Romero did exist. rug May 2015 #4

replied to the wrong post edhopper May 2015 #5

I'll pretend it didn't exist. rug May 2015 #8

He's on his way to sainthood okasha May 2015 #2

unless the person doesn't exist. edhopper May 2015 #6

If you're questioning Romero's existence, you're in bad shape. okasha May 2015 #7

that is what I meant edhopper May 2015 #11

OK. okasha May 2015 #16

That's exactly right. rug May 2015 #14

though it's apparent now edhopper May 2015 #20

Not really. rug May 2015 #30

You mean where the prosecuter edhopper May 2015 #32

Correct. I am as skeptical of Grand Juries as I am of miracles. rug May 2015 #38

I have read how they are investigated edhopper May 2015 #40

Any non-polemical sources? rug May 2015 #41

probably not. edhopper May 2015 #42

Me either. rug May 2015 #43

Verified miracles? phil89 May 2015 #9

And you know who Oscar Romero is, right? cbayer May 2015 #13

It's because of martyrdom, not miracles. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #28

I am aware of that, it just appears that the person I was responding to was not. cbayer May 2015 #31

Oh, OK. I was kind of confused by all that - The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #36

Yeah, there was that Romero not being real thing, too, which was cbayer May 2015 #37

The process is rather stringent. okasha May 2015 #18

No edhopper May 2015 #21

Hardly. okasha May 2015 #23

Do you edhopper May 2015 #24

Yes. okasha May 2015 #26

I know the one about Teresa. rug May 2015 #27

Not really edhopper May 2015 #29

That's what the link about Teresa states. But it's only about her case. rug May 2015 #34

I know edhopper May 2015 #39

You know Google, right? rug May 2015 #25

Is there something you don't like about Oscar Romero? cbayer May 2015 #10

about saints in general edhopper May 2015 #12

What is it you don't like about saints in general, ed? cbayer May 2015 #15

read rug edhopper May 2015 #17

Read rug? cbayer May 2015 #19

No edhopper May 2015 #22

Fine. I also have problems with the process and, more specifically, cbayer May 2015 #33

ok edhopper May 2015 #35