canonization

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Last week she celebrated an event whose significance in her beleaguered land extends well beyond the spiritual: the canonization by Pope Leo XIV of two of her compatriots, the first Catholic saints in Venezuelan history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Yesenia Angulo, 63, called the canonization a blessing and a miracle.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Also worthy of canonization: Larry Graham’s thrumming one-note bass line.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Other Scots were already intending to be in Rome for the canonization of teenage saint Carlo Acutis.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

And then I can return, triumphant, your relics in my arms, and shepherd you through the canonization process myself!

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz