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What is the meaning of Beatification?

30.04.2011
On Sunday, the beatification ceremony is the penultimate step of John Paul II’s journey to Sainthood. Father Wieslaw Dawidowski tells us of the deeper meaning of the solemn ceremony.


“[Beatification] is a legal proclamation of the fact that the Church has obtained a certitude concerning the virtues and moral achievements of that person,” he says. (pg)

Father Wieslaw Dawidowski was talking to Michal Kubicki.