Bismillah
"The process for canonization can begin only five years after a person leaves this world. This Church Law was introduced by the Vatican in 1983, before then, the time frame was longer. The magesterium has the power to override this rule under special circumstances because it's (known as) ecclesial tradition not Apostolic.
JP2 waived the five-year waiting period and allowed the beatification process of Mother Teresa to begin two years after her death. Pope Benedict followed suit by opening the cause for his predecessor just three months after he passed away.
Setting aside the normal duration does not do away with mandatory requirements including lengthy examinations and approval of miracles. The procedure remains exactly the same."
How can men change the religion of God? If Catholocism is perfect, then why the need for updates? Why did it suddenly become okay after centurires of Latin masses to put them in the vernacular? Why was the priest turned around? I am sure that the men have explanations but none of that comes from Jesus. He didn't even speak Latin in the first place.
Here is one (just one) of the splits that I had with the church. It has always seemed that when it better suited the church to change to keep people or attract more followers they would alter the beliefs. Look at how Catholics in Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa worship. El Dia del Muete looks like permissible idolotry. Yet Europeans do not perform such acts whereas portions of the hispanic population would feel a religious rite has been neglected if they did not celebrate this holiday.
Some priests take vows of poverty some don't, some brothers and sisters take vows of silence, others don't. Where did all this stuff come from? Jesus did not teach this and if it was supposed to be an important part of the faith why would Jesus not come right out and teach these rites so no confusion results. Then there's tithes... no longer allowed. Why not? They were.
You can answer that other stuff if you would like but my point is that standards were set for a person to become a saint... except when the church does not want to follow them? Does this not seem politically motivated? Let's get her cannonized while the hype is up... before she fades in people's memories? Then a new modern-day saint can be celebrated?