Has technology delegitimized sainthood?

Catholicism is a fraud.

I managed to fart in a sales meeting and get away with it. That’s a real miracle.

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Am I crazy to think that had Romero lived 100 years ago, he would have been credited with something much more dramatic?

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Night of the Living Dead would have been way more appreciated back then.

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Has technology delegitimized sainthood?

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I would say yes.

Way back when, before the advancement of technology, before media, etc.. I would think it was a lot easier to find a miracle. The Catholic church's definition of a miracle would pretty much make a miracle impossible (I know that's what a miracle is), but a long time ago there were things that happened that might have been considered a miracle simply because people didn't have an understanding of how that miracle happened.

Then you get down to the politics of it. Someone is nominated for sainthood and it goes through the whole process, which could actually take a very long time. They didn't have the research capabilities that we have today so there could have been a lot of things that should have played a factor, that didn't.. simply because they didn't know about it.

And then you have things that were accepted a lot more than it is today. Look at phediphiles especially within the catholic church. The acts of a lot of priest, who where phediphiles were overlooked. Even as early as the 1970s.. It was viewed different than it is today. On the other hand, you also have things that are more socially acceptable that the Catholic church does not agree with, so there are more people who are likely to admit they are a certain way or engage in certain things that would not make them eligible to be a saint.

Either way, I was born Catholic, went to Catholic school for four years, had one set of grandparents who were devout catholics, etc, but I do not think very highly of the Catholic church. I'll save that for another day, but considering what the Catholic church decides to overlook, decides to consider a sin, etc.. I don't really put much into the church saying someone is a saint.