IIRC candidates for sainthood are supposed to exemplify "heroic virtue." Working as a writer and exercising gifts in the life of the mind while enjoying marriage and the pleasures of the table isn't quite the image surrounding most saints of the calendar. Martyrdom, yes. Spending years trying to guide monks or nuns, yes. Fasts, working with the poor, becoming pope; those seem to be more traditional. But recently I gather they've been trying to include more married saints, to emphasize that marriage can be a sanctifying vocation too. (About time)
There's some dispute about the role of saints in the church, but all factions agree that saints can be examples for the rest of us. I could do worse than imitate GKC.
Doing a little tracking: From Facebook
Here is the exact wording from Dale's announcement at the conference:
"Martin Thompson says that Bishop Peter Doyle 'has given me permission to report that the Bishop of Northampton is sympathetic to our wishes and is seeking a suitable cleric to begin an investigation into the potential for opening a cause for Chesterton.'"
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That would be fascinating.
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