beatification
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Beatification allows for limited public veneration of the candidate, usually only in the diocese or region where the candidate lived.
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2017
Beatification is one of the first steps in the complex process that leads to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2016
Beatification is formally an honor restricted to someone’s home diocese, whereas canonized saints are venerated by Catholics everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2015
Beatification is a near-final step in the canonization process, and means that at least one but usually two miracles have been confirmed in a person’s name.
From Time • Oct. 22, 2013
The profits are devoted to the Cause of Beatification.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
Vocabulary lists containing beatification
Challenge, List 12
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