10,000 Saints but Only the Lord Is Worthy of Worship ; the Beatification of Cardinal Newman Is the Penultimate Step Before He Becomes a Saint. Maureen Messent Explains the Importance of Saints to Catholics

Sunday Mercury › September 19, 2010

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Endellion: David and Samantha Cameron's daughter was given the name of a Cornish saint.

HAGIOGRAPHERS , those students of saints' lives, estimate that there are approximately 10,000 souls who have reached sanctity.

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10,000 Saints but Only the Lord Is Worthy of Worship ; the Beatification of Cardinal Newman Is the Penultimate Step Before He Becomes a Saint. Maureen Messent Explains the Importance of Saints to Catholics

The majority are "local" saints, venerated (but never worshipped) in the small areas in which they lived. It is, for instance, impossible to spend time in Spain or Italy without seeing a saint's life celebrated as a Siesta, in which priests and the faithful join, ...

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