POPES, SAINTS (April 27, 2014)
As of today, there are two more saints, both of them former popes. Which brings many more questions than answers. Are only popes destined to become saints? How many popes have made it to sainthood? What has happened to so many popes who have failed to become saints? And some of these questions turn rather personal pretty quickly. Would you wish to become a pope in expectation of sainthood? What are your chances of becoming first a pope and than a saint? Most important, what if you fail to achieve these lofty objectives? Good questions, these. And liberating, too. Let popes become saints, and let saints have all the fun in the world, but this has nothing whatsoever to do with you. Popes and saints are none of your business. Good answers, these. Nay, blessed!