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Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.
Icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage, who urged diligence in the process of canonization. Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, [1] specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, [2] or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.
This article is a list of people proposed by each diocese of the Catholic Church for beatification and canonization, whose causes have been officially opened during the papacy of Pope Francis and are newly given the title as Servants of God.
In the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, previously named the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (Latin: Congregatio de Causis Sanctorum), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees the complex process that leads to the canonization of saints, passing through the steps of a declaration of "heroic virtues" and beatification.
In order to secure beatification, the most important and difficult step in the process of canonization, the regular procedure was as follows: [6] Selection of a vice-postulator by the postulator-general of the cause, to promote all the judicial inquiries necessary in places outside of Rome.
Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has authorized the beatification of 1,541 people, including three equipollent [clarification needed] beatifications. The names listed below are from the Holy See website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, not necessarily the ...
The cause for the canonization of Pope Paul VI, who died in 1978, commenced in 1993 and he was canonized on 14 October 2018.After having been proclaimed a Servant of God and declared Venerable, he was beatified on 19 October 2014, after the recognition of a miracle had been attributed to his intercession, and declared a saint by Pope Francis on 14 October 2018.
Date of beatification; 108 Martyrs of World War II: 1939–1945: 1999 Adílio Daronch: 1924: 2007 Adolph Kolping: 1865: 1991 Adrian Fortescue: 1539: 1895 Agatha Phutta: 1940: 1989 Agathange de Vendome: 1638: Agnellus of Pisa, OFM: 1236: 1882 Agnes Phila, LHC: 1940: 1989 Alain de Solminihac: 1659: 1981 Albertina Berkenbrock: 1931: 2007 Alberto ...