Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn'T, and Why PDF
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"Extraordinary. a near miracle of . . research and journalistic integrity." -THE LOS ANGELES times How THE Catholic Church Who Determines Becomes a Saint, Who Why and Doesn't, WOODWARD KENNETH L. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/makingsaintsOOkenn Acclaim for Making Saints ''A fascinating and moving account of the interplay between the pol- itics of the Roman Catholic Church and the claims of heroic virtue. A — first-rate contribution to the history and sociology of religion and a fascinating read." — Arthur Hertzberg "Always interesting, sometimes a little horrifying and not without comedy." — Graham Greene — — "[Woodward's] reporting fair, thorough, and forcefully written has earned him an international following among people who want reli- gion to be treated as a major beat. [His] professional graces are . . . . . . on large display in this investigation of the politics, economics, and deal-making in the production of saints." — Washington Post Book World "Balanced and utterly absorbing explains in fascinating detail how . . . and why the church makes saints." — The Economist "Illuminating offers a thorough, scholarly history of sainthood in . . . the church ... a sympathetic and yet slightly painful portrait of a church itself unsure about the nature of sainthood." — Village Voice "The book's fascination comes in the intimacy of its investigation. This is not an expose; nothing nefarious is going on. Rather, it is the only book ever written on this highly intriguing, usually secret aspect of Catholic Church operations. Books like this one, by an able . . . journalist both qualified and devoted, perform a service well beyond own their time." Minneapolis Star Tribune book of this magnitude should not go unnoticed. ... It is also required reading for anyone interested in understanding what makes such a visible and influential branch of Christianity tick." — Milwaukee fournal "Intriguing, thoughtful, and intelligently critical." — Library fournal "This is perhaps the first time a book about the Vatican has made a change in the way it behaves." — Times Literary Supplement "Unquestionably the definitive book on its subject." — Robert Bums, U. S. Catholic Also by Kenneth L. Woodward Grandparents/Grandchildren: The Vital Connection (with Arthur Kornhaher, M.D.] V I ' - " - '.-f y . ' •.'.•% '> -• ' *1 *^ •. .5< *. n . j' r I ! J How Church the Catholic Who Determines Becomes a Saint, Why Who and Doesn't, Woodward Kenneth L. BOSTON SOUTH A Touchstone Book Published by Simon Schuster New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore • • • • • — Tir TOUCHSTONE Simon Schuster Building Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New New York, York 10020 Copyright © 1990 by Kenneth L. Woodward All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. First Touchstone Edition 1991 TOUCHSTONE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon Schuster Inc. Designed by Sheree Goodman Picture research by Natalie Goldstein and Bert G. Marino Manufactured in the United States of America 3579 8642 10 13579 8642 10 Pbk. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Woodward, Kenneth L. Making saints how the Catholic Church determines who : becomes a saint, who doesn't, and why / Kenneth L. Woodward. cm. p. Includes index. ^ — — I. Canonization History 20th century. 2. Blessed Biography. Title. I. BX2330.W66 1990 — 235 '.24 dc2o 90-101 17 CIP ISBN 0-671-64246-4 ISBN: 0-671-74743-6 Pbk. Translation of The Poems of St. John of the Cross © 1959, 1968, 1979 by John Frederick Nims (Chicago, 111.: The University of Chicago Press). FOR BETTY COCONSPIRATOR FOR THIRTY YEARS and for Marie Brady Woodward and Alberta Boss Drey But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive; for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. — George Eliot, Middlemarch % ' t r*• li U ‘ '-‘‘r V. I* A •• \ . I i jL' •* II •' I ) ( V ^ ! I
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