CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The U.S. bishops heartily approved the advancement of the cause for canonization of Dorothy Day, a 20th century Catholic convert, pacifist and advocate for the poor.<\/p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019m more convinced than ever she's a saint for our time,\u201d said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York in a Nov. 13 press conference.<\/p>\n
\tHe explained that before her conversion, Day led an immoral life that included a pregnancy out of wedlock and an abortion.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cHer life, of course, like Saul on the road to Damascus, was radically changed when she became introduced to Jesus Christ and his Church,\u201d Cardinal Dolan explained.<\/p>\n
\tAfter her conversion, Day \u201cbecame an apostle \u2013 an icon \u2013 of everything wrong with what she did before and of everything right about the dignity of the human person and the sanctity of human life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\tThe cardinal described Day as \u201ca living, breathing, colorful, lovable, embracing, warm woman who exemplifies what\u2019s best in Catholic life\u201d and shows the Church\u2019s commitment to both the dignity of human life and social justice.<\/p>\n
\tBaptized in the Episcopal Church, Day lived her early years as a journalist as she toyed with communist ideas, attempted suicide and had an abortion.<\/p>\n
\tAfter a profound conversion, she co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement and started soup kitchens, farm communities and a Catholic newspaper.<\/p>\n
\tShe dedicated her life to aiding and advocating for the poor, leading a life characterized by voluntary poverty, works of mercy and Scripture.<\/p>\n
\tDay promoted pacifism and was a staunch defender of human dignity. She also supported distributism, an economic system largely developed by G. K. Chesterton as a \u201cthird way\u201d between capitalism and socialism, relying upon widespread property ownership rather than ownership primarily by the state or by a small number of very wealthy individuals.<\/p>\n
\tThe U.S. bishops participated in a consultation on Day\u2019s sainthood cause on Nov. 13, the second day of their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore.<\/p>\n
\tChurch law regarding canonizations requires the diocesan bishop promoting a canonization cause to receive the consent of his regional body of bishops before moving forward. As the archbishop of New York, where Day lived out the latter part of her life and died in 1980, Cardinal Dolan is overseeing the cause.<\/p>\n
\tDay is currently considered a \u201cServant of God,\u201d a title designated by the Vatican to indicate that it has no objections to her cause for canonization progressing.<\/p>\n
\tThe bishops strongly approved the advancement of Day\u2019s cause in a voice vote. Discussion during the meeting included several bishops recounting their experiences meeting Day or attending her funeral.<\/p>\n
\tCardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., said that Day\u2019s life would be an inspiration to \u201cpeople that are hard to get at,\u201d such as those living on the streets, struggling with drug abuse or coping with a past abortion.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cAll these folks whose lives we need to touch in some special way \u2013 she was one of them,\u201d the cardinal said.<\/p>\n
\tHe called the cause for canonization \u201ca tremendous opportunity\u201d to reach out to these individuals, telling them that they can not only re-enter society and the Church, but that they can be saints.<\/p>\n
\tDay\u2019s firm \u201ccommitment to the social Gospel of the Church and her love for the poor are things that resonate with our young people,\u201d added Cardinal Se\u00e1n P. O'Malley of Boston.<\/p>\n
\tHe explained that after years of pain and spiritual searching, Day \u201cfound the solution for all the problems of life in Jesus Christ,\u201d making her \u201ca magnificent model for our time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tCardinal Francis E. George of Chicago commented that the Church needs \u201cpacifists as witness to the kingdom of heaven not being carried away by violence, even as we recognize there are just wars because governments must defend their citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tHe compared this dynamic to that of marriage, explaining that while most people are called to marry, the faithful need examples of those who live celibately to remind them that there will be no marriage in the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cHer solution to the injustices of capitalism was the works of mercy,\u201d the cardinal added, noting Day\u2019s criticism of what she saw as the inherent totalitarianism of states.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cAnd as we struggle at this opportune moment to try to show how we are losing our freedoms in the name of individual rights, Dorothy Day is a very, very good woman to have on our side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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