The calendar would suggest they are. Likewise, because the church has often needed to get in the good graces of princes, kings and queens have a greater likelihood of being canonized than commoners. Each European country boasts at least one saintly monarch, and many can claim half a dozen or more. Think of the monarchs of our own century, descendants of the saintly monarchs of the past. If one were to judge by the calendar, one might think that being born into a royal family gave one an inside track in the race for sainthood.
Men are ten times more likely to be canonized than women.
That must be because men are more peace-loving, devout and caring than women. It is obvious the list of saints recognized by the church is not identical to the list of saints recognized by God. The church, it would seem, has not done a fair job in determining who gets the title and who does not. As anyone who has sat in a pew in this church for more than a year must know by now, All Saints is my favorite holiday. The reason I like it is because it is open to interpretation.