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Catholic church canonises its first gamer saint, and one of his favourite games was Halo (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 46 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Candidates for sainthood require two distinct miracles attributed to them: Acutis was first beatified in 2020 after a Brazilian boy with a pancreatic defect was cured, following his mother's prayers to Acutis to help her son. The second miracle involves the reported healing of a Costa Rican girl who suffered a serious head injury after falling off her bike in Florence: her mother prayed for the girl's recovery at Acutis' tomb in Assisi, and her daughter made a full recovery.

Quite, uh, remarkable "miracles".

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago

I feel like maybe Acurtis 360 no scoped that girl off the bike, then came back in as a healer and brought her back to full health.

...kind of cheating.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 9 points 22 hours ago

According to Carlin's theory, 4 prayers to Joe Pesci (PBUH) should suffice for sainthood.

Joe Pesci: patron saint of smashing things with a baseball bat.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

wait isn't it the mom who should be a saint then?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, basically, the logic is that since he allegedly healed her, that he is apparently alive in heaven and no longer in purgatory. Thus becoming a saint as his salvation has been "proven"

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago

A blind study should be performed for a proper empirical proof. Sample size of two is not going to cut it either. Pump those numbers up to reach statistical significance.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Feels like we could get two miracles attributed to that famous painter, just for shit & giggles, having a Saint Hitler would be funny (if not for the distress caused to the survivors). Other satins have a much lower kill ratios (up to a few thousand only??).

(And ofc /s, choosing saints is a completely political process addressing Church's needs.)