James Foley: Martyr? Saint?

[UrbScotty]

From the moment news broke that U.S. journalist James Foley had been beheaded by Islamic State extremists in the Middle East, many Christians, especially Foley's fellow Catholics, began calling him a martyr, with some even saying he should be considered a saint.

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Numerous commentators had already picked up on that idea, holding Foley up not only as a witness to the Christian faith but as a spur for believers in the West to take more seriously the plight of Christians in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East who are being persecuted to a degree that some say is comparable to genocide.

But in the Catholic church, determining whether someone is a martyr is not so easy. Historically, two conditions must be met.

http://ncronline.org/news/people/james-foley-martyr-brutal-death-sparks-faith-based-debate

[goldent]

1. I don't see it

There are a lot of strong emotions about his death and people want to respond in some positive way. But I don't see him as a Martyr or a Saint in the RCC.