Canonization & Beatification
- New Laws for the Causes of Saints - The Sacred Congregationf for the Causes of Saints, 1983
- Reform of Canonization Causes - Statements by Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Making the Saints of Carmel Today
- Catholic Encyclopedia: The Blessed
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Beatification and Canonization
- CIN - Ask Father Mateo, Beatification and Canonization
- EWTN.com - Cause of Canonization for Early Christians
- What is beatification? - according to Catechetics India, a publication by Nitika/Don Bosco.
- Encyclopedia: Canonization of Saints - Wikipedia article
- The Canonization of Saints - By Paul Flanagan and Robert Schihl - Catholic Biblical Apologetics
- Making Saints - This article by Bill Dodds explains what the Catholic Church considers, "enough to make a saint."
- Vatican Saint-Maker Tells What it Takes to Make the Cut - Interview of Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, 2001.
- When did the custom of canonizing saints start, and is it true that canonizations are infallible? Article in This Rock Magazine
| Pope Benedict defined sainthood by saying a saint is “someone who is so fascinated by the beauty of God and by His perfect truth that he is progressively transformed by it. For this beauty and this truth he is ready to renounce everything, even himself.” -- Kairos Catholic Journal: Past Issues: Sainthood |
Canonization
Process - Note released by the Holy See Press Office in 1997 on
canonical procedure for causes of beatification and canonization.
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