![]() ![]() If enough people thought you were a saint and prayed to you after your death, you became a saint. Celia's Roman Catholic Church in Omaha to officially launch the campaign to Edward Flanagan a saint. “Until the 13th century, beatification is a local matter and the devotion is the most significant part of the process,” said church historian Alberto Melloni.Īrchbishop George Lucas posts a notice at St. In the early days of the church, achieving sainthood was easier. “You need splashy videos, a social media blitz, a website, prayer cards and podcasts, not to mention we need to find a couple of miracles,” Wolf said about the sainthood process. The group has held monthly prayer meetings at Flanagan's tomb and leads pilgrimages to Boys Town to speak about his life and accomplishments. Wolf’s organization grew out of a Boys Town alumni group that that came together some 13 years ago to make Flanagan’s case. “You essentially need it to pay for a good lawyer and an expensive multi-media campaign.” “To be recognized as a saint these days, it may cost upwards of $1 million,” said Steven Wolf, the lead volunteer and president of the Father Flanagan League Society of Devotion. Many faiths have their saints, but attaining sainthood may be hardest in the Catholic Church.īy posting a notice about Flanagan, the Omaha archdiocese is embarking on a complicated legal, scientific and surprisingly expensive journey that could take over 100 years to accomplish – if sainthood is achieved at all. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.”ĬNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest storiesīut just because someone does good doesn’t entitle that person to be a saint, at least in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church. He is known for the saying, “There are no bad boys. ![]() Flanagan as a saint.Īs the founder of Boys Town – the famous Nebraska community for at-risk kids – Flanagan radically transformed how people handle troubled youth. Cecilia’s Church last week announcing to the world that his archdiocese was launching a formal process to try to elevate one of its most famous members to Catholicism’s highest honor.Īrchbishop George Lucas wants the Vatican to recognize Father Edward J. (CNN) - Surrounded by TV cameras and an excited crowd, the archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, taped a notice to the doors of St. ![]()
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