beatify

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The service to beatify Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children will be held on Sunday in the Polish town of Markowa where they died in March 1944.

From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2023

On the final day of his four-day visit to Britain, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman, the 19th century Anglican convert.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2020

Bruni leaps to beatify Christakis in his ascent to his pantheon of academic excellence, because a martyr must become a saint.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2019

Francis will beatify two Colombian priests killed during decades of guerrilla warfare, declaring them “martyrs” who were killed out of hatred for the Catholic faith.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2017

A look may beatify or plunge in the depths of despair.

From The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion by Stalker, James