If you haven’t seen it already, here’s Fr. Jim Martin’s oped in today’s New York Times praising the Vatican’s recent directive “calling for greater rigor in its own saint-making process.” Among Fr. Jim’s recommendations for a further tightening up of the process: “Officials could resolve that they will continue to adhere to the five-year waiting period, no matter how popular the candidate might be at death.” Read it here. Tim Reidy

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.