St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

III. Making Saints

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The current process for declaring someone a saint was established by Pope John Paul II in 1983 in the document Divinus Perfectionis Magister. This document continued a process of simplification started by Pope Paul VI during Vatican II.
So how do you get to be a saint?
First, you have to be dead at least for five [...]