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British playwright David Hare, criticized in the past for his "preachy politics," is said to have finally found "his way beyond polemic" (John Lahr, The New Yorker ). Hare's new play about a self-centered film critic, his wife, and his mother-in-law is hailed as a "coup de théâtre " (Matt Wolf, Variety ), both for its social critique (of the amorality of the news media) and for its sensitivity "about such personal matters as loss, grief and stoical survival" (Benedict Nightingale, the London Times ). Hare's enthusiasts declare it time for canonization.
An article questions the canonization of Edith Stein, a Jew-turned-Catholic nun who perished in the Holocaust.
Chamoiseau's 1992 novel, newly translated from the French, wins him instant canonization and comparisons to Gabriel García Márquez, V.S.
An inquiry into Mother Teresa began in Calcutta, India, Monday, as Pope John Paul II opted to fast-track her canonization, waiving the five-year post-death waiting period.
However, upon canonization, saints have frequently been disinterred so their remains can be dismembered and turned into relics.