But I'm Not a Saint Yet Trivia Quiz

Answer: Canonization

Canonization is the term for the Catholic Church officially recognizing someone as a saint. Canonization means that someone's name has been added to the canon of saints.

Beatification is a step along the path to Sainthood. Beatification is where someone is recognized as being "Blessed", but they may not have yet fulfilled the requirements for Canonization. Veneration is not an official term, it means adoration. Sanctification describes the process of being separate from sin and devoted to God.

Answer: True

The Catholic Church does not canonize the living. Death is a requirement to be recognized as a saint. The Church may express admiration for a candidate's life.

Answer: Judas Iscariot

The Twelve Disciples or Apostles were the closest allies of Jesus in the New Testament. After the resurrection of Jesus, he sent eleven of his Disciples out to spread his teachings.

Before Jesus' death, disciple Judas Iscariot betrayed his master for thirty pieces of silver. Judas allowed Jesus to be arrested by the High Priests leading to his crucifixion. Judas hung himself when he learned his actions led to Jesus being crucified.

Due to Judas' betrayal and death, he didn't spread Jesus' teachings. Judas was the only one of the twelve disciples not to achieve Sainthood.

Answer: Fulton Sheen

Fulton Sheen was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Peoria in 1919. Sheen was appointed Bishop of Rochester, New York in 1966.

Sheen hosted the radio program "The Catholic Hour" from 1930 through 1950 on the NBC radio network. Sheen also hosted the Catholic television shows "Life Is Worth Living" and the "The Fulton Sheen Program". Sheen became one of the Catholic televangelists in the media. Sheen was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

Answer: Knights of Columbus

Father Michael McGivney was beatified on October 31, 2020. Father Michael McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 in New Haven, Connecticut. The Knights of Columbus started as a benefit organization to help the widows of Catholic gentlemen.

The order grew in Catholic parishes through North America and worldwide. The Knights spread Catholicism through their charitable good works in their parishes and communities.

Answer: Sister Thea Bowman

Mary Thea Bowman was born in Yazoo, Mississippi in 1937. Her grandparents were slaves and her parents were Methodist. Bowman converted to Catholicism and became the first African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Sister Thea Bowman returned the Diocese of Jackson in Mississippi to minister to her fellow Catholic African Americans. Her goal was to bring people of all cultures together.

Sister Thea Bowman died of cancer in 1990. The Diocese of Jackson in Mississippi opened the cause for Bowman's beatification in 2018.

Answer: Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII served as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 through 1958. Pius XII served as Pope during World War II. He was criticized for being silent towards the Nazis during the Holocaust. The Vatican remained neutral during World War II during Pius XII's papacy.

Pope Pius XII was declared Venerable in 2009. The historical records and the lack of miracles attributed to Pope Pius XII hurt his chances of becoming a saint.

Answer: Charlemagne

Charlemagne was the King of the Franks, the King of the Lombards and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire. In 800 A.D., Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor.

Charlemagne's coronation set a precedent to unify the church and state. Charlemagne used his position and relationship with the Papacy to expand Christianity in Europe. Charlemagne executed religious reforms and promoted many cultural and educational initiatives.

Charlemagne's political alliances and controversial military campaigns have prevented the leader from being nominated for Sainthood.

Answer: Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1897. During her teenage years, Day was considered a politically radical journalist. Day became Catholic in 1927 while maintaining her social activism. Day began publishing "The Catholic Worker" newspaper in 1933, which grew into the Catholic Worker movement. This movement was a Catholic lay movement supporting nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless.

In 2000, the Archdiocese of New York opened a case for Dorothy Day's canonization. She was able to be considered to be a "Servant of God". Members of the Catholic Worker Movement have objected to the canonization of Dorothy Day. They believe that Canonization would be against her values. They also believe she would prefer the money spent on this process be given to the poor.

Answer: Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico was born around 1395 and became a Dominican friar. He created frescos and paintings for the Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy. He also created paintings in the Vatican at the requests of Popes Eugene IV and Nicholas V. Fra Angelico died in Rome in 1455.

Fra Angelico was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Angelico was declared the patron of Catholic artists by Pope John Paul II in 1984.