Monday, June 13, 2005

Beatification and canonization

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has moved another step away from beatification ceremonies, asking Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw to preside in Poland over the beatification of three Polish priests.

In mid-May Pope Benedict had the prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes celebrate the beatifications of Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai and a Spanish nun, although the pope later met with the pilgrims who had come from Hawaii, New York, Spain and Peru for the ceremony.
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When Pope John Paul died, all beatification ceremonies were put on hold. Then the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict, in an attempt to highlight the difference between a beatification and a canonization, would preside only over ceremonies in which saints were declared.
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Read the complete article Pope asks Polish cardinal to preside over beatifications in Poland from Catholic News Service.

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