Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into...

veneration of the saint. For permission to venerate merely locally, only beatification is needed. For several centuries the bishops, or in some places only...

against") was declared under Pope John Paul II which opened the cause for beatification. The diocesan process commenced on 11 May 1993 in Rome and thus, he...

XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor. Normally five years must pass after a person's death before the beatification process can begin...

They are venerated in the Catholic Church as martyrs following their beatification by Pope Francis in 2023; their feast day is celebrated on 7 July (day...

the 21st century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church: Allen Jr...

clearing the way for his beatification. Sheen was scheduled to be beatified in Peoria on December 21, 2019, but his beatification was postponed after Bishop...

March 2016, which allowed the beatification to take place. The postulator of the cause suggested before the beatification that she would be beatified in...

decree on 21 February 2020, leading to Acutis's beatification. Within a month of the decree, the beatification ceremony was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Francis on 3 February 2015, paving the way for his beatification on 23 May 2015. During Romero's beatification, Pope Francis declared that his "ministry was...