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Canonization Process
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Canonization Process
Step One
- The person must have been dead for five years
- The bishop of where the person died or is buried is who typically begins the process
- Called a canidate at this time
Exceptions
- Pope has the authority to Waive the five year waiting period
- This was done both for St. Mother Teresa and St. Pope John Paul II (only a month after death)
St. Frances Cabrini
Francis Xavier Cabrini
- Died Dec. 22 1917 in Chicago Illinois
- Cardinal George Mundelein of Chicago launched the process of her canonization in 1928
Step Two
Step Two
- Happens after sufficient evidence of the person's virtue and life is found.
- Is sent to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints
- In this stage the body is exhumed and relics are taken
- the declaration of Non Cultus (no cult) and Nil Obstat (nothing stands in the way) are also made at this Point
- Then called Servant of God
St. Frances Cabrini
St. Cabrini
- Exhumed in 1931 and her body was moved to West Park, N.Y.,
- Body was then moved in 1933 and now lies in the chapel of the Blessed Mother Cabrini High School in New York City
Step Three
- After sufficient evidence is gathered the Congregation sends a recomendation to the Pope
- Pope then makes a proclamation on the Servant of God's heroic virtue
- Receives the Title Venerable
What can Now be Done
- Has No Feast Day or Churches
- Prayer Cards Can be made and other materials to encourage prayer for a miracle
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
- Was pernounced Venerable in 1933 by Pope Pius XI
St. Cabrini
Step Four
- For a martyr the pope only needs to make a declaration of martyrdom
- all confessors or non-martyrs must have a miracle proven to have happened by their intercession
- most often medical
- miracle must be instantaneous, complete and lasting
- called "Blessed"
Step Four
St. Frances Cabrini
St. Cabrini
- The first miracle attributed to her involved a newborn infant having its sight restored after beign blinded by excess silver nitrate.
- Beatified by Pope Pius XI on November 13, 1938.
Step Five
- One more miracle must be identified and proven
- a feast day is assinged for the Universal Church to celebrate
- Statement by Church that the person certainly is experiencing the Beatific Vision
- Second miracle must occur after first.
- Called a Saint
Step Five
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Cabrini
- Second miracle involved the healing of a terminally ill member of her congregation
- Canonized by Pope Pius XII on July 7, 1946
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