Perhaps a tweet crossed your timeline in the past few weeks, alerting you that Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente was on his way to becoming a saint after being officially “blessed” by Pope Francis.
That’s “not true,” Vatican officials told The Washington Post on Thursday. While they couldn’t confirm whether anyone has petitioned Pope Francis for sainthood on Mr. Clemente’s behalf, both the Vatican and sources close to it denied the Puerto Rican native has been beatified.
This likely will come as a disappointment to Richard Rossi, who since 2014 has been trying to drum up support to make Clemente a saint.