BBB:Sainthood - Vatican Style

   An article in the Telegraph November 22nd '88 reported that the 
pathway to canonization (a declaration by a pope that a person is now 
in Heaven, and that public prayers may be made to them, for they in 
turn will intercede for us), is being speeded up.  Mother Drexel, 
a former Boston heiress, who renounced her fortune, has now been 
beatified, a mere 33 years after her death. The requirements for 
sainthood, apart from an exemplary life, is that `well-authenticated 
miracles' be performed in their name. The article continues that 
chances of being made a saint are going up! "Many people," said a 
Vatican-watcher "have been done in `job lots.' In June 1988, Vietnam 
was blessed at a stroke with 117 saints!"

   The dictionary definition of "job lot" is "a collection of cheap or
trivial items. A miscellaneous collection of articles sold as a lot."

   --Women's Protestant Union