Why does the Catholic Church take so long to declare saints?

lol catholics declaring saints. like they have the power to decide who is a saint and who isn't.

From what I know about the Roman Catholic Church, not only has the candidate have to live a holy life, but also that there has to be miracles attributed to him or her. There also has to be witnesses to such miracles. And that is hard to prove. Actually all true Christians are saints, but in the Roman Catholic Church only those who have St. in front of their name are considered saints.

LOL--that actually seems rather "fast" for the church to declare that priest a Saint. Look how long it took the church to recognize Joan of Arc---she wasn't made a saint until 1920! Of course in her situation, she had been thought as a heretic and had been burned at the stake back in the mid-1400s. I think also, the church has to recognize certain "signs" that make a person "saint-like", usually a person who endures tremendous hardships in life

First, putting aside thequestion of who gave them the right to decide this in the first place, let's go through a short version of what they do. The pope appoints a Devil's Advocate (yeah this is where that comes from) to look into the person's whole life. He tries to find times where the person sinned and I mean even little tiny sins. If the Devil's Advocate cannot find any, then the "saint to be" must perform miracles from beyond the grave. I am pretty sure that it is 3 miracles. I remember that St. Theresa supposedly sent down a shower of rose petals. Different ones do different things. The different steps also have different names. Like the first step is the Beatification. It takes a long time for the completion of all the steps and the verification of the miracles etc. Once done, then the person can be called a saint by the pope. Shalom~Adoniah