I'm not interested in seeing people suffer silently and then canonizing them for that. |
The continued study and copying of literature in the schools, both Sumerian and Akkadian, by the middle of the 2nd millennium led to a remarkable effort of standardizing, or canonizing. |
It was one of the early, canonizing texts of the burgeoning African-American-studies departments. |
Benedict did try to improve Vatican relations with France after the war by canonizing the French heroine Joan of Arc. |
That is why the Church when canonizing saints proclaims the heroism of their lives. |
Not beatifying or canonizing John Paul would be hugely symbolic, a message far more powerful than the ad hoc apologies and payoffs to victims. |