My wife and I have really enjoyed the first two seasons of Blue Bloods, but, while the mystery was okay in this episode. the parts regarding Catholicism were really dreadful. Didn't anyone do some serious research for this episode? Canonization begins, not with miracles, but with a careful examination of a person's entire life for virtues -- heroic virtues. Miracles are only the last stage. And, most importantly, the question is whether the Church is morally certain this person is in heaven because he or she loved God with all his or her heart, soul, mind, and strength. The portrayal of the bishop is appalling (he's only concerned with the benefits to the Church, not whether the priest was really a saint), and Selleck's comments take a typically jaundiced view of the Church as a merely human institution (and not a particularly attractive one). And the parts about prayer . . . ugh. This show has had such an attractive portrayal of a close, warm family enlivened by faith -- what a pity that this episode goes so badly offtrack. Next time, the writers really need to consult someone who knows something about the religion they are portraying.
Review of Leap of Faith
