Inside the Vatican’s secret saint-making process – an Audio Long Read podcast

About this episode

The episode explores the Vatican's process of canonisation and its implications for the Catholic church's image.

Canonisation has long been a way for the Catholic church to shape its own image. As the Vatican prepares to anoint its first millennial saint, we ask how it decides who is worthy There are more Audio Long Reads here, or search Audio Long Read wherever you listen to podcasts

Topics covered

• canonisation
• Catholic church
• Vatican
• saint-making process
• religion
• image shaping

Keywords

• canonisation
• Vatican
• Catholic church
• saint
• millennial saint
• religion
• image

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vatican, Catholic church

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