What happened?
The cause for GK Chesterton’s canonisation will not be opened, Bishop Peter Doyle of Northampton has announced. Bishop Doyle cited the lack of a local cult, the lack of a “pattern of personal spirituality” in Chesterton’s life, and “the issue of anti-Semitism”.
The investigator for Chesterton’s Cause, Fr John Udris, said: “I don’t envy Bishop Peter having to make a decision with such huge implications.” Fr Udris said it was a “disappointment” but that the task had been a privilege.
