Who remembers beatifications at the Vatican?

 

The beatification of Pedro Kalungsod, 
March 5, 2000

From the days of Pre-Vatican II up to John Paul II, Beatifications, one step towards Canonizations as saints were always held at the Vatican, with some exceptions outside the Vatican, notably, the first beatification outside the Vatican was Saint Lorenzo Ruiz in Manila. The last official beatification by a pope in Rome was on October 3, 2004 with the beatification of Emperor Charles of Austria and Anne Catherine Emmerich. From then on, beatifications would be celebrated by a papal legate, notably the prefect for the Causes of Saints, starting with Cardinal Saraiva Martins, then Cardinal Angelo Amato, then the controversial Cardinal Becciu, and now, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, outside Rome, in the diocese of the person beatified. From then on, saints beatified in the Vatican were only reserved to the popes, notably the recent one bein John Paul I in 2022. Canonizations were only in Rome, while beatifications were in the home diocese.

Why I advocate reviving this historical practice?

Because notably before Vatican II, both beatification and canonization took place in Rome, in Saint Peter's Basilica.
Even after Vatican II, with Paul VI and John Paul II, beatifications were in the Vatican, with a few exceptions. Just as how it is improper for Disney to ditch traditional animation in favor of modern 3D animation, I believe it is unfair for the Vatican to ditch this historical practice of beatifications in the Vatican in favor of beatifications in the home diocese celebrated by a papal legate.

I hope the Vatican under Leo XIV will revive this old fashioned practice.



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