Pope Francis opens a new way to sainthood

[EmperorScorpious]

[quote]Christians who lay down their life to save others, “following in the footsteps and teaching of Jesus”, will now be eligible for beatification, Pope Francis has said.

Beatification is the first step on the path toward sainthood and has in the past been reserved for three categories of people: martyrs, those who have lived a life of heroic values and others with a clear saintly reputation.

“The heroic offering of life, suggested and sustained by charity, expresses a true, full and exemplary imitation of Christ,” read an apostolic letter from Francis.

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To be beatified, the “free and voluntary offering of life” must be defined by “the heroic acceptance out of charity of certain death in a short term,” it noted.

Christians who are sainted through martyrdom are the only ones exempt from being involved in a miracle.[/quote]

[url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/pope-francis-creates-fourth-pathway-to-becoming-a-saint[/url]

[Riller]

So this is-... Essentially extending martyrdom to organ donors?

[snookypookums]

[QUOTE=Riller;52460354]So this is-... Essentially extending martyrdom to organ donors?[/QUOTE]

I was thinking missionaries in war-torn areas, actually. I have the lurking suspicion that once this Pope is gone a lot of his more progressive policies will be immediately rolled back by the church.

[Corn]

[QUOTE=Riller;52460354]So this is-... Essentially extending martyrdom to organ donors?[/QUOTE]

Organ donors probably don't apply, since they save someone's life long after they're dead, technically

[Download]

[QUOTE=Riller;52460354]So this is-... Essentially extending martyrdom to organ donors?[/QUOTE]

Eh sort of.

Martyrdom is dying for you faith and they're extending sainthood to those who die following the teachings of Jesus.

[Propane Addict]

What if your belief in organ donation is so strong that you kill yourself?

[UncaringNonchala]

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[SirJon]

I was worried this would go in a whole other direction from the thread title

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=Riller;52460354]So this is-... Essentially extending martyrdom to organ donors?[/QUOTE]

Straight from the OP:

"...out of charity of certain death in a short term"

Essentially, it has to be done in the heat of the moment, not something planned ahead of time.

[DrBones]

I suppose it makes sense. In this day and age, verifying something as a genuine miracle would be next to impossible.

[Gook Nukem]

[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;52461037]I suppose it makes sense. In this day and age, verifying something as a genuine miracle would be next to impossible.[/QUOTE]

Genuine miracles can't be verified because they do not exist /:v:\

[FZE]

[QUOTE=snookypookums;52460361]I have the lurking suspicion that once this Pope is gone a lot of his more progressive policies will be immediately rolled back by the church.[/QUOTE]

Boy it's gotta be awkward to revert a policy decreed by the infallible successor of St. Peter whose judgment in doctrine is unquestionable.

[arlygoodbrownie]

[QUOTE=FZE;52461648]Boy it's gotta be awkward to revert a policy decreed by the infallible successor of St. Peter whose judgment in doctrine is unquestionable.[/QUOTE]

You say that like the Church actually cares for that stuff more than cultural policing.

[DeVotchKa]

Alright we need to meet up and I need one of you to shoot someone and I'll jump in front and right before I die I'll repent in front of a priest and I'll ascend to the title of Saint DeVotchKa, Patron Saint of Facepunch and shitpost from Heaven