Reading the letter, there is no official canonization process going on:

Until the Church decides to open a cause in respect of J.R.R. Tolkien I would feel hesitant about personally approving a prayer in support of his canonization, especially for an international group. At the same time, I am pleased to encourage you in seeking to inform people more widely about J.R.R. Tolkien’s Catholic faith and the influence that this had on his writing and on his life.

It's obviously not something to be taken seriously?! As far as history tells us, Tolkien was as devout a Catholic as any other of his generation. That's hardly a reason to beatify someone, let alone canonise them :-/

This is really funny. Saint Tolkien If that happens I will have a whole set of holy items in my house, nicee

To be perfectly honest, I find the idea abhorrent on so many levels, not least my firm conviction that Tolkien would himself have been completely horrified at the idea, but certainly also for the damage such a thing would do to Tolkien's reputation and the reading of his books.

Yeah, I don't think that will happen. I also think that Tolkien would find that idea rather absurd.

I found this - the article is at the bottom of the page, beneath the comments.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/c ... ratory_st_aloysius_hosts/

"Beneath the comments", garm? All I can see is comments.

BH

oh, yes - well, here's the first paragraph; maybe 3/4 of the way down the page - about where the side-bar on the right ends.

A SLIGHTLY UNEXPECTED GATHERING
Matt Showering
On Saturday 2 September, a Traditional Low Mass was held at the Oxford Oratory to mark the anniversary of the death of world-renowned Catholic writer & philologist JRR Tolkien (+ 1973). The Mass was offered, however, not for the repose of Tolkien's soul – but rather praying for his Cause for Beatification to be opened.

Got you! Thought that's what you meant, but just wanted to check.

BH