# What Does It Take to Become a Saint? | All Saints' Day Special | EWTN Vatican

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What does it mean to be a saint? And what happens to the soul after death? As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1, this week's Vaticano explores the Catholic understanding of holiness, death, and eternal life.

Journey beneath the streets of Rome to discover the ancient Christian catacombs, where the first Christians buried their dead and expressed their hope in the Resurrection. Visit the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to learn how the Church investigates and recognizes holiness, and hear why the call to become a saint is meant for everyone.

We also meet a hospital chaplain who explains the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and explore the Church's teaching on purgatory at Rome's Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

As Catholics prepare to celebrate All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, discover why death is not the end and why the communion of saints unites the living and the faithful departed.

CHAPTERS 00:00 – This Week on Vaticano 01:13 – Inside Rome's Ancient Christian Catacombs 03:13 – The Catacombs of St. Callixtus: The Little Vatican 04:06 – The Crypt of the Popes and Early Christian Symbols 07:55 – How Does the Catholic Church Declare Someone a Saint? 09:29 – The Miracle That Helped Canonize St. Pier Giorgio Frassati 11:46 – Pope Leo XIV: Everyone Is Called to Holiness 14:40 – The Anointing of the Sick: A Sacrament of Healing 19:31 – Inside Rome's Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory 21:46 – Why Purgatory Is a Place of Hope 23:14 – All Souls' Day and the Communion of Saints

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