WHAT IS BEATIFICATION?
May 2, 2011 at 5:05AM
Beatification, in which a person is given the title "blessed," precedes canonization as a saint. For a person to be beatified in the Roman Catholic Church, he or she must be proven to have performed a miracle. Intercession by Pope John Paul II after his death is credited with curing a French nun of Parkinson's disease. Proof of a second miracle is needed for sainthood.
Day of veneration: The Vatican declared Oct. 22, the day that John Paul was installed as pope in 1978, as a day for his public veneration.
NEWS SERVICES
about the writer
His political views differed from a transgender classmate’s, but they forged a bond that lasted a decade — until Vance seemed to pivot, politically and personally.
