[Akalabeth Angel]

ERm...the conclave decides on the saints, not the Pope. The Pople does the canonizing only.

It's basicly like a senate making a decision and the president putting his John Hancock on the bill.

Blue Lion only said 'canonizing' so I'm not sure where the issue is.

[Aardwolf]

John Hancock was never President.

John Hancock = slang for signature.

To put it more simple, the Pope does not decide on the saints alone. It usually takes several years (sometimes even decades) of deliberation before someone is made a saint.

Grrrrr. My attempt to even further derail this thread has been thwarted.

[Scotty]

Canonizing is to induct a new person into sainthood.  It has nothing to do with the Pope's decision, and it is all the conclave.  The analogy falls apart when you hit that part, but Blue Lion was trying to be funny (it's good enough to try).

[NGTM-1R]

The Pope however has considerable influence over the conclave.

Or did you think it was a coincedence John Paul II managed to canonize more people than all his predecessors combined?

[Blue Lion]

It was a joke people