beatification

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The declaration of "heroic virtues" needed for his beatification was approved unanimously by the Congregation for Saints 'Causes in 2007, but Pope Benedict XVI later ordered further study of the cause and its implications for Catholic-Jewish dialogue.

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  1. The act of beatifying or of rendering or pronouncing happy; the state of being blessed; blessedness. The end of a Christian, … the rest of a Christian, and the beatification of his spirit. Jer. Taylor, Sermons, xx.
  2. In the Roman Catholic Church, the act by which a deceased person is declared to be beatified, or one of the blessed, and therefore a proper subject of a certain degree or kind of public religious honor. This is now an exclusive prerogative of the pope, but for several centuries it was also exercised by local bishops or metropolitans. It is usually the second step toward canonization, and cannot take place till fifty years after the death of the person to be beatified, except in the case of martyrs. The process is an elaborate one, consisting of thirteen or fourteen stages, and extending over many years, during which the claims of the reputed saint are carefully and strictly investigated. If the final result is favorable, the pope's decree is publicly read in the pontifical church, the image and relics of the newly beatified are incensed, etc. See canonization. Ximenes has always been venerated in Spain. Philip IV. endeavored to procure his beatification. G. Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 424.

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  • Her life has been written at length by F. Ignatius Nente; but the principal facts were drawn up by the Abbess of Florence very shortly after her decease, at the instance of the Grand Duchess of Lorraine, and forwarded to Rome, to form the process for her beatification ANNE DE MONTMORENCY. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
  • The pope told Polish pilgrims on Wednesday he was praying for John Paul's beatification, the first step to possible sainthood. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • Streetscape design includes safety improvements, beatification, additional public facilities, such as restrooms and suggestions for environmentally sustainable design elements.
  • In order for Servants of God to move onto beatification, the next "step" toward sainthood, the congregation must recognize their heroic virtue and certify that one posthumous miracle took place through the Servant of God's intercession. —  Clerical Whispers
  • After the meeting today, Gordon Brown told reporters that in the meeting he invited the Pope to visit his country for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890), an Anglican convert to Catholicism in the 19th century. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
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  1. = French béatification, from Late Latin beatificare: see beatify.
 

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