Making an Assassin a Saint

Some may know the Catholic Church in Korea is pushing to have An Jung Geun declared a saint. They have compared this assassin of Prince Ito Hirobumi to the great heroine St Joan of Arc.

Catholics everywhere should oppose this monstrous abuse of the causes of saints. An Jung Geun was no Joan of Arc. In the first place, St Joan most likely never killed anyone, she rode into battle carrying a banner to lead and inspire the soldiers who were fighting. Secondly, even if St Joan did kill people -it was in battle, during a war, fighting armed soldiers with honor on the battlefield. An Jung Geun murdered an unarmed man, taking him by surprise. That is totally different and it is an insult to Joan of Arc for the Korean clergy to compare her to a murderer.