beatification

The usual formal process for someone to be declared a saint would next involve beatification, one step short of full sainthood.

Of course, Republican conventions in Washington state did not use to be beatification events where candidates were chosen by God.

The Catholic Church had faced a dilemma in beatifying Wiktoria’s unborn child and declaring it a martyr because, among other things, it had not been baptized, which is a requirement for beatification.

A beatification Mass service has been held in Poland for a Catholic family murdered by Nazis for hiding Jews during World War Two.

After the announcement of the beatification, a painting of the family was unveiled and a reliquary containing their remains was brought to the centre of the stage.