beatification
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Francis added his hope that the beatifications would be “a stimulus to build together a world of brotherhood and solidarity.”
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2018
Francis added his hope that the beatifications would be "a stimulus to build together a world of brotherhood and solidarity."
From Fox News • Dec. 8, 2018
Although canonizations, apart from a few exceptions, are typically held in Rome, it was only recently that beatifications began to be held outside of Rome, in the local Church which promoted the new Blessed’s cause.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2017
His successors have kept up the pace, with Pope Benedict XVI authorizing a total of 912 canonizations and beatifications in his eight-year reign.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 1, 2016
All the world knows the history of the celebrated saints Perpetua and Felicity, whose beatifications have no other foundation than the words perpetua felicitas, so very common on the monuments of that nation.
From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous
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