Usually, the bishop of the diocese in which the candidate died is responsible for beginning the investigation after he receives a request from the faithful through the postulator, generally a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or canonization.
In response, the bishop forms a diocesan tribunal for this purpose once the nihil obstat a decree that no impediment exists that would prevent the investigation of the Holy See is obtained.
Additionally, all documents regarding the candidate must be gathered for review. At this point the candidate is entitled to the title of Servant of God.
When enough information has been gathered, the congregation will recommend to the pope that he make a proclamation of the Servant of God's heroic virtue.
From this point the one is referred to by the title of Venerable. A Venerable is not given a feast day, no churches may be built in his or her honor, and the church has made no statement on the person's probable or certain presence in heaven. However, prayer cards and other materials may be printed to encourage the faithful to pray for a miracle wrought by his or her intercession as a sign of God's will that the person be canonized. The investigation is then passed on to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome.
A summary report, or the Positio, is prepared that proves the heroic exercise of virtue. The report undergoes an examination by nine theologians who give their vote. If the majority of the theologians are in favor, the cause is passed on for examination by cardinals and bishops who are members of the Congregation. If their judgment is favorable, the Prefect of the Congregation presents the results of the entire investigation to the Holy Father, who gives his approval and authorizes the Congregation to draft the relative decree of beatification.
The public reading and promulgation of the decree of beatification grants the candidate the title of Blessed. Beatification is the permission to venerate the candidate within a limited sphere.
Typically, it means that the person can be venerated by a particular region or group of people for whom the person holds special importance. In other words, it is not universally binding to the entire Church. If the candidate was not a martyr but rather a confessor who died peacefully after a life of heroic virtue, a miracle attributed to the Servant of God verified after his or her death is necessary. Reserved in nature, yet always sick with illness, Kateri practised an austere lifestyle of sacrifice, exemplary devotion, love of, and care for, the sick and aged.
She died of Tuberculosis at the age of Upon her death, witnesses said that her facial scars disappeared, revealing a woman of immense beauty. Multiple healings and favours were claimed after intercession.
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