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The final break between the Roman Catholic Church (currently numbering about 18% of the earth?s population) and the Orthodox Churches (currently numbering about 3% of the earth?s population) came in the 15Th century. Before that time, the two share all canonized saints as well as doctrine. Since that time, the Orthodox have added saints to their canon, some of which have been confirmed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church. Though the Roman Catholic Church considers the Orthodox Churches to be in schism (separate, because of their denial of the Pope?s apostolic headship over the whole Christian Church) and denies the authority of the Orthodox to canonize saints, she still considers the Orthodox and their religious orders to be valid (unlike, for example, those of Protestant Churches, which by the way, total about 6% of the earth?s population). So the short answer to your question is yes!
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