Is The Late Pope John Paul II A Beati: The Tradition of Veneration For the Catholic Church In Rome

This topic is endorsed in part by The Writings of African-Americans by Tres Mali Scott 

According to the Italian newspaper La Stampa the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II may be delayed. Pope Benedict XVI waived the five-year waiting period for the cause to begin.

The Traditions of Veneration leading to Sainthood include famous and obscure individuals that gave their lives for the Church, many are still Ranked as Blessed.

Our Sunday Visitor’s (1998) states that:

…process of canonization, the systematic examination by the church into worthiness of a candidate to be raised to the alters and venerated as a Saint

Canonization is an Ancient Custom, science and faith work together to examine miracles.

Beati Candidates are candidates who have been declared Blessed by the Church. Beatification is a part of cultus- Invocation & Intercession.

Catholics give adoration to God alone called worship or latria. Honor & Reverence dulia is accorded to the Saints. An elevated form of Honor & Reverence hyperdulia is given to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) codified the basic process of canonization. In 1588 the Congregation of Rites took oversight of the canonization process. If the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Congregatio de Causis Sanctorum agrees with the:

• investigations and findings of the local Bishops,
• individual Dioceses,
• consultations with other bishops,
• the documented life of the proposed candidate, and
• eyewitness accounts

than the candidate is given the title: “Servant of God”, and Rome then opens the cause.

Miracles are required and must be authenticated by competent sources:

• medical practitioners and
• competent consultants

The Vatican’s chief investigator for the late Pope John Paul II’s cause is Dominican Father Daniel Ols. May the Almighty God Bless and Keep all the investigators for the Cause of the late Pope John Paul II, I already call him a Saint.

Reference:

Bunson, Matthew, Bunson, Margaret, Bunson, & Stephen, Bunson (1998). Our Sunday Visitors. Our Sunday Visitors Publishing Division: Huntington, Indiana.