Beatification and canonization.
* On May 16, 2006, Pope Benedict set out norms in the canonical processes leading to beatification beatification: see canonization. and canonization canonization (kăn'ənĭzā`shən), in the Roman Catholic Church, process by which a person is classified as a saint. It is now performed at Rome alone, although in the Middle Ages and earlier bishops elsewhere used to canonize. . He emphasized validation of any miracles attributed to the candidates' intercession intercession,
n a prayer in which a request is made on behalf of another person. and recommended diocesan bishops participate more fully in the various stages of the process.
The Congregation for Sainthood Causes has approved the cause of beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs of the 17th-century (Zenit.org, June 12, 2006).
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