"Pope Francis issued new rules today for Vatican officials in charge of meting out sainthood. The
announcement comes after an investigation into alleged abuses of funds by those who are tasked with investigating and naming new saints, a process which costs the Vatican around $550,000 per saint.
Back in the Middle Ages, popes and bishops could name saints as they pleased. Today, the process is a little more complicated: Officials at the Vatican must prove that each candidate for sainthood performed two miracles in their lifetime. Because most figures nominated for sainthood are long dead, these investigations tend to require teams of experts, including theologians, historians, and physicians.
The cost of this work is often supported by donations of hundreds of thousands of euros from wealthy individuals, who want to speed up the process for certain saints. But an investigation launched by Pope Francis into financial corruption throughout the Vatican found little transparency in how most of these donations are spent.
To address the lack of oversight in the sainthood process, Pope Francis’s new rules will require external auditing of the Vatican bank accounts created for investigating saints, as well as closer tracking of all donations." yahoo
Actually---GOD has a mechanism for determining who are among the "saints"....and it doesn't cost any money......
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:
thousand thousands ministered unto him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him:
the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Daniel 7:10
