Literary editor Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., asks: Is it time to place a temporary moratorium on “making” saints?

Today our nation and workers around the world mark Workers’ Memorial Day, pausing to remember those who have died on the job.

Members of the official U S government delegation to the canonizations of Sts John XXIII and John Paul II spoke of the honor and their good fortune in being chosen by President Barack Obama to attend the April 27 event quot I 39 m tickled to be here quot said Rep Xavier Becerra D-Calif cha

When Pope Francis canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on Sunday April 27 Catholics across the spectrum will have reason to cheer Liberals credit John with opening the church to the modern world in the 1960s and conservatives hail John Paul as reasserting orthodoxy after too many innovati

It is a poignant coincidence that Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be canonized as Catholic saints on the eve of Yom Hashoah the international day of Holocaust remembrance observed in Israel and by Jews around the world These two popes rsquo personal narratives are inseparable from the Holoc

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be declared saints on Sunday April 27 the first-ever double papal canonization Here 39 s a quick guide to making saints in the Roman Catholic Church nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp There are currently about 10 000 saints on the church 39 s official roster The