beatify

Example Sentences

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Pius is accused of failing to do enough to stop the Holocaust, and rabbis called on the Vatican to refrain from beatifying him.

From Washington Post

It was one of many works that de Kooning would present to a woman he beatified over the years as “Santa Emilia.”

From New York Times

Pope John Paul I, who led the Roman Catholic Church for 33 days in 1978, has been beatified at the Vatican - the last step before sainthood.

From BBC

Falasca, who was the deputy postulator, or promoter, of the sainthood cause, said he was being beatified not because of what he did as pope but the way he lived his life.

From Reuters

Francis encouraged people to pray to the newly beatified churchman to “obtain for us the smile of the soul.”

From Seattle Times