Why does the RCC create modern saints?
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A Catholic would say that the church does not "create" saints. Rather, the church's process of canonization is a formal recognition that a particular individual's life has demonstrated extraordinary signs of holiness, so that the church proclaims that the acts or words of that particular individual are deemed to be worthy examples or living individuals to emulate, and that the individual is in heaven blessed to see the beatific vision.
So, in other words, the sainthood is proclaimed, not created.
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