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 Sunday, Pope Francis will beatify John Paul I, the last formal step before possible sainthood.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

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

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