beatified

Carlo Acutis had been beatified - the first step towards sainthood - in 2020.

For them, there is more than just basketball at play and their issue isn’t with Clark, but rather the hype machine that has beatified her.

WARSAW, Poland — In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday beatified a Polish family of nine - a married couple and their small children - who were executed by the Nazis during World War II for sheltering Jews.

It is the first time that an entire family has been beatified.

Those beatified are declared "blessed" and worthy of public veneration.