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The canonization process of Pope Pius XII dates to shortly after his death in 1958. He was declared a servant of God in 1990 and venerable in 2009. Father Peter Gumpel was the relator (collector of information) of Pius XII's cause for canonization. The potential beatification of Pius XII has raised concern, especially by Jewish organisations ...
Pope Pius XII's cause of canonization was opened on 18 November 1965 by Pope Paul VI during the final session of the Second Vatican Council. In May 2007, the congregation recommended that Pius XII should be declared Venerable. [287] Pope Benedict XVI did so on 19 December 2009, simultaneously making the same declaration in regard to Pope John ...
11 August 1958. Rome, Italy. He named Saint Casimir the patron saint of all youth. Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis of Assisi were named Patron Saints of Italy on 5 May 1940 just before Italy entered the Second World War. Pope Pius XII opened the canonization procedures for Pope Pius IX, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Beatified in 1872 by Pope Pius IX: 3 Pope Gregory X: 1271 Beatified in 1713 by Pope Clement XI: 4 Pope Innocent V: 1276 Beatified in 1898 by Pope Leo XIII: 5 Pope Innocent XI: 1676 Beatified in 1956 by Pope Pius XII: 6 Pope Pius IX: 1846 Beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II [5] 7 Pope Urban II: 1088 Beatified in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII: 8 Pope ...
Marianna Fontanella (rel. name: Maria of the Angels) (1661–1717), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Italy) Beatified: 14 May 1865 by Pope Pius IX. Jean Soreth (1394–1471), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (France) Beatified: 3 May 1866 by Pope Pius IX.
This article is a list of saints by the pope who canonized them.. Although popes have been canonizing saints since at least 993 and have claimed sole authority to do so since the late 12th century, it has been rare historically for any pope to canonize more than a handful of saints.
The theology of Pope Pius XII is reflected in his forty-one encyclicals, as well as speeches and nearly 1000 messages, during his almost 20-year pontificate. The encyclicals Mystici corporis and Mediator Dei advanced the understanding of membership and participation in the Catholic Church. The encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu began opening ...
Early life of Pope Pius XII. Eugenio Pacelli in 1896. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) was born March 2, 1876, to Filippo Pacelli and Virginia (Graziosi) Pacelli, in Rome, where he spent his childhood. He was ordained as a priest on April 2, 1899.