Why isn’t Amakusa Shiro considered a Saint by the Catholic Church? The boy and everyone who fought in the shimabara Rebellion died trying to save Christianity in Japan from extermination.

catie-does-things: carrotcakeisdelicious: carrotcakeisdelicious: patron-saint-of-smart-asses: emeraldboreas-deactivated201809: I did some quick research on him, and I couldn’t even find evidence of an appeal for canonization. I don’t know why there hasn’t been one. Don’t they have to give cases of miracles happening through his intercession? If that hasn’t happened yet, then there really isn’t much to be […]

Why isn’t Amakusa Shiro considered a Saint by the Catholic Church? The boy and everyone who fought in the shimabara Rebellion died trying to save Christianity in Japan from extermination.

catie-does-things: carrotcakeisdelicious: carrotcakeisdelicious: patron-saint-of-smart-asses: emeraldboreas-deactivated201809: I did some quick research on him, and I couldn’t even find evidence of an appeal for canonization. I don’t know why there hasn’t been one. Don’t they have to give cases of miracles happening through his intercession? If that hasn’t happened yet, then there really isn’t much to be […]