On May 3 and 4, the Holy Father intends to be in Madrid, Spain, for the canonization of five Spanish Blesseds. (Updates).
* On May 3 and 4, the Holy Father intends to be in Madrid, Spain, for the 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. of five Spanish Blesseds. In June, Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła (helpinfo) will visit Croatia and Bosnia to beatify a Croatian nun and the Bosnian-born Croatian layman Ivan Merz Ivan Merz (born on December 16, 1896 in Banja Luka - died on May 10, 1928) was a Croatian lay academic, beatified by Pope John-Paul II on Sunday, June 22, 2003 at the time of a visit of Banja Luka (Bosnia). Ivan Merz was the promoter of the liturgical movement in Croatia. (1896-1927). The latter ceremony will take place in Banja Luka, today a majority Serb Orthodox city and capital of the Serb regional section, which together with the Muslim and Croation sections, makes up the Bosnian state.
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